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gutter ?t?tlltymtx. LUNAE LIFE. The Greex Fields Di?cernAble ix the Moon, and a New Theory of Vegetation. When the moon is at the full, the un? assisted eye readily distinguishes on her face certain dark gray spots more or less sharply separated from the brighter por? tions. Through the telescope these spaces appear as broad, level spaces, re? sembling terrestrial seas. Indeed, the earlier observers mistook, them for seas, and by that name (Lathi, mare) they are known to this day. They are not seas, however, but ancient ' sea-beds, now probably nearly, if not quite, destitute of water; vast, arid basins, like the Sahara, or the great interior Utah basiu of our own country. Examined more closely, these dried up scji-betfs-?to which Nelson applies the irregular but convenient plural, mares ?are seeu to have a rolliug surface, like some of our Western prairies, or to be traversed by numerous long ridges, re? sembling the wave-like sand hills which give so marked a ruf particular an appear? ance to the deserts of Western Australia ?the level portions being dotted with low mounds interspersed with the crater pits. In many places, formations of an apparently alluvial character abound, while the ancient coast-lines show distinct traces of water-action. Two of these lunar plains?Mare Humoruin and Mare Chrisum?are walled in completely by lofty mountains, presenting stupendous precipices to the vanished sea. The - large mares are more like ocean-beds. They run together as terristral oceans do, and sometimes merge iuto the brighter continental regions without a distinct line of demarkation. In other places they show a rugged coast-line, rising into clifijj and peaks, and pierced at times by valleys and ravines. One of the most conspicuous of these lunar ocean-beds, also one of the deepest, is known as the Mare Serenitatis. Its area is nearly 125,000 square miles. Within its dark gray border, from thirty to eighty miles wide, is an extensive inner plain, which at times presents a fine, clear, light-green tint, with cen? tral streaks of pure white?the green area lying lower apparently than the gray in? terior.,* The green tint is difficult to catch,-except.under favorable conditions, and is much weakened by the effect of uumerous small, white, round spots, and gray ridges. Another of the moon's green plains was discovered by Madler in the Mare Humorum, already mentioned. This is one of the smallest as well as most dis? tinctly-bordered of the dark-gray plains. Its area is 50,000 miles. The greater portion of its interior is distinctly tinged a. dusky -green, sometimes very marked, affording a strong contrast with the pure gray of the borders and high inclosing ridges. On the^ west, the green area ex? tends nearly to the edge of the mare ; but elsewhere, as in the Mare Serenitatis, it is separated from the border by a narrow, dark-gray fringe, except on the north? west, where the gray and green areas merge insensibly to each other. Still another area of greeu is observed ia the Mare Chrisium, one of the most conspicuous of the moon's dark plains. It is completely inclosed, and is, perhaps, the deepest of the lunar maresi Its area . is 78,000 square miles. Its general tint is-a gray mixed with an unmistakable tinge of green, especially under high illu? mination. This verdant hue is seen to the best advantage for several days before aud after the moon is full. These and other color-changes on the face of the moon?as, for instance, the darkening of the great ring plain of Plato with increasing light, ana like changes in certain long, winding lunar valleys? led Beer and Madter to suggest that they would indicate vegetation, were vegeta? tion possible on the surface of the moon. But, having accepted Bessel's conclusion that there could be neither air nor water on the lunar surface, and consequently no life, those much respected seleno graphers could not entertain the hypothe? sis of lunar vegetation, however strong the evidence might seem. But Bessel's opinion, as our readers al? ready know, is consistent, not only with the conditions on which he based his calculations, but also with the results of more recent studies of the state of the moon's surface. So far from being an airless, waterless, unalterable desert, a changeless mass of dead matter, like so much volcanic scoria, the moon is not known to have an atmosphere of consid? erable volume and density; to present abundant evidence of physical activity and change; and to have, in all proba? bility, water enough to make life easily possible on its surface. The moon is dying, but very far from dead. Being so much smaller than the earth, it has run its course more rapidly; but is.still ^ good way off from the goal of ultimate deadncss to which so many astronomers have theoretically assigned it. There is not the slightest adequate evidence, Nelson says, of the popular view; and "its truth would be admitted by no astronomer who had devoted suffi? cient attention to selenography to enable him to thoroughly realize the probable present condition of the moon." Such being the case, the hypothesis that the moon's green plains derive their color from vegetation ceases to be impos? sible or absurd. The evidence is not of a character to justify a positive assartion that the mythical man in the moon may have abundant pasturage for his cattle; but his case ceases to be absolutely hope? less when a thorough-going selenograpner can say, as Nelson does, that the moon' may possess an atmosphere that must be regarded as fully capable of sustaining various forms of vegetation of even an advanced type that it does not appear how it can justly be questioned that the lunar surface, in favorable positions, may yet retain a sufficiency of moisture to . support a vegetation of many kinds; and that, in a very considerable portion, of entire surface of the moon, the tempera? ture would not vary sufficiently to mate? rially afiect the existence of vegetable life. Who can tell but that the aforemen? tioned man in the moon may not follow the plan of the African tribe which Liv? ingstone tells of, and keep himself and his cattle in extensive lunar caverns, where the temperature is uniform and water abundant, driving them forth upon these green fields for a fortnightly feed, when the suu is up for its long days and the grass is in good condition? Jules Verne ought not to neglect so inviting a field of exploration.?Scientific American. A Suggestive Cojttrast.? The St. Louis Republican says that a nice illus? tration of the comparative merits of white and black rule is furnished by two counties in North Carolina?Edgecombe and Pitt. They are located side by side, and are pretty nearly equal in population aud wealth. Edgecombe has a heavy negro majority, and, of course, is gov? erned on high-toned African principles, being taxed last year over $76,000. Pitt, where the Democracy has control, paid last year, in the shape of taxes, only $11,000. Thirty paupers in Edgecombe cost the people more than the sum total of Pitt county expenses. It i3 such facts as these that make "the solid South" which the Republican organs and orators are howling over. We wonder how long Maine and New Hampshire would be "solid" in support of a political system which cost them seven times more than it ought to. Yet Maine and New Hamp? shire want to fasten upon all the South? ern States the same yoke Edgecombe county is groaning under; and when the Southern people outvote tho negroes and carpet-baggers they are denounced as rebels trying to get up another rebel? lion. What Smith's Boy Said. A family named Smith has recently moved to Germantown^and Mr. Brown's boy, on Saturday, leaned over the feuce aud gave to our reporter his impressions of Mr. Smith's boy, a lad about fourteen years old: "Yes, me and him are right acquainted now; he knows more'n I do, and he's had more experience. Bill says his father used to be a robber (Smith, by the way, is a deacon in the Presbyterian church and a very excellent lawyer,) and he has $10,000,000 in gold buried in his cellar, along with a whole lot of human bones, people he's killed. Aud he says his father is a conjurer and that he makes all the earthquakes that happen any? where in the world. The ola man'll come home at night, after there's been an earthquake, all covered with sweat, and so tired he kin hardly stand; Bill says it's such hard work. "And Bill tole me that once when a man came around there tryiug to sell lightning rods, his father got mad and et him, et him right up, and he takes bites out of everybody he comes acrost. "That's what Bill tells me. That's all I know about it. And he tole me that once he used to have a dog, one of these little kinds of dogs, and he was flying his kite, and just for fun he tied the kite string onto his dog's tail. . And then the wind struck her and the dog bent boom in' down the street, with his hind legs in the air for about a mile, when the kite all of a sudden began to go up, and in about fifteen minutes the dog was fifteen miles high, aud commanding a view of California, and* Egypt, and Oshkosh, I think Bill said. He came down anyhow, I know, in Brazil, and Bill said he swum home all the way in the Atlantic ocean, and when he landed his legs were all nibbled off by sharks. "I wish father'd buy me a dog, so's I could send him up that way. But I never have no luck. Bill said that where they used to live he went out on the roof one day to fly his kite, and he sat on the top of the chimbly to give her plenty of room, and while he was sitting there thinking about nothing, the old man put a keg of powder down below in the fire? place to clean the soot cot of the chimbly. And when he touched feet off Bill was .Mowed over agin the Baptist cbnrch steeple, and he lauded on the-we?fher^ cock with his pants torn, and they couldn't get him down for three days, so he hung there, going round and round with the wind, and he lived by eating the crows that came and sat on him, because they- thought he was made of sheet-iron and put up there on purpose. "He's had morrfun than enough. He was telling me the other day about a sausage-stuffer his brother invented. It was a kinder machine that worked with a treadle, and Bill said the way they did I in the fall was to fix it on the hog's back, I and then the hog'd work the treadle and j keep on running it up aud down until the machine cut tbe hog all up fine and shoved the meat into the skins. Bill said his brother called it 'Every Hog His Own Stuffer,' and it worked splendid.? But I don't know. 'Pears to me's if there couldn't . be no machine like that. But any way Bill said so. "And he told me about an uncle of his in Australia who was et by a big oyster once, and when he got inside* he staid there uutil he'd et the oyster. Then he I split the shell open and took half a one for a boat, and he sailed along until he I met a sea serpent, and he killed it and drawed off its skin, and when he got home he sold it to an engine company for a hose for $40,000, to put out fires with. Bill said that was actually so, be? cause he could show me a man who used to belong to the engine company. Il wish fatherd let me go and find a sea serpeut like that but he don't let me have no chance to distinguish myself. "Bill was saying only yesterday that the Indians caught him once and drove eleven railroad spikes through his stom? ach, and cut off his scalp, and it never hurt him a bit. He got away by the daughter of the chief sneaking him out of the wigwam and lending him a horse. Bill says she was in love with him, and when I asked him to let me see the holes where they drove in them spikes, he said he daresn't take off his clothes or he'd bleed to death. He said his own father didn't know it because Bill was afraid it might worry the old man. "And Bill tole me they wasn'tgoing to get him to go to Sunday-shool. He says his father has a brass idol that he keeps I in the garret, and Bill says he has made up his mind to be a pagan, and to begin to go naked, and carry a tomahawk and a bow and arrow as soon as the warm weather comes. And to prove it to me he says bis father has this town all un? derlaid with uitro-glycerine, and a3 soou as he gets ready he's going to blow the old thing out, and bust her up, let her rip and demolish her. He said so at the dam, and tole me not to tell anybody, but I thought they'd be no harm in men? tioning it to you. "And now I believe I must be going. I hear Bill a whistling. Maybe he's got something else to tell me."?Max Ade/er. Persimmon Beer. A good ripe persimmon is a delicious morsel. Where farmers have none on their places they should set out trees and cultivate them as they would the peach, pear and apple. All fowls and animals, from a chicken-to a"cow, eat them greed? ily. When mashed and straiued through a course wire sieve they make delightful bread, pits, and puddings. When kneaded with wheat bran, and well baked in an oven, the bread may be put away for winter use in making beer and used when wanted. The following is the re? ceipt which Mr. Jefferson gave for mak? ing beer and it is the best: Sweet ripe persimmons mashed and strained, one bushel. Wheatbran half a bushel. Mix well together, and bake in loaves of con? venient size. Break them in a clean barrel aud add twelve gallons of water and two or three ounces of hops which may be obtained at a drug store. Keep the barrel in a warm room. As soon as fermentation sudsides bottle off the beer, having good long corks, and place the bottles in a low temperature, and it will keep and improve for twelve months, if not drank before, which is likely to be done. This beer wheu properly made, in a warm room, is an exquisitely delightful beverage as the writer knows from per? sonal trial and experience. It contains no alcohol, and is to the connoisseur of temperate taste, not inferior to the fer meuted juice of the grape. The ordinary way of making it is more simple, and it is relished by all who use it. A layer of straw is put in the bottom of the cask, on which a suitable quantity of the fruit, well mashed is placed, and then the cask is filled with water. It should stand in a warm room, and if the weather is cold fermentation will be pro? moted by occasionally putting a warm stone in the barrel. The addition of a few honey locusts, or apple peelings, will make the beer more brisk. Wheat bran always improves the quality. Many nre fond of locust beer. That is made it the same way and is improved by the addition of apple peelings, but it is greatly inferior to the persimmon beer. In putting away the beer, made accord- I ing to Mr. Jefferson's plan, jugs may be used instead of bottles, but they must be tightly corked. ? Medical men say that when a man is full of whiskey he can't freeze, and appearances indicate that a large uumber of our citizens are expecting a mighty cold snap, says the Fulton Times. ? A party of belated gentlemen, about a certain hour, began to think of home and their wives' displeasure, and urged a departure. "Never mind," said one of the guests, "fifteen minutes will make no difference; my wife is as mad now as she can he." Some Facts About Leap Year. The necessity of having one year in four with one day more thau the others, is founded upon the fact that the rotation of the earth around the; sun is accom? plished in three hundred and sixty-five days, five hours, forty-eight minutes, less than a quarter of a day. Julius Casar, when he attempted to correct the alma? nac, made the mistake of ignoring the eleven minutes; and a misunderstanding of the imperial decree fixed the leap year one year in three. Augustus, eight years B. C, ordained that for the next twelve years there should be no leap year, and thus corrected the error for the time.? But there were the eleven minutes, which, as the cerituries.rolled on, became hours and days. The Council of Nice, in A. D. 325, brought the sun and the almanac into harmony, but left the perplexing eleven minutes unprovided for. And it thus went on for twelve centuries; when Pope Gregory XIII, finding the sun teu days behind the calendar, ordained a rad? ical cure?enjoining that the ten days between the 31st and the 15th of Octo? ber, 1752 should be struck out of the almanac. The different nations of Europe adopt? ed a like course, one after another?Pro? testant Englaud being the last to conform to the Pope's bull in 1752, when the English calendar dropped eleven days in September, which had then accumulated. I To prevent errors in future, it is necessa? ry that three leap years be omitted in each four hundred years; and this is managed by making the omitted years tbe even hundreds that are not divisable by four hundred?so that 1700 nor 1800 were, and 1900 will not be a leap year; but 2000 will be, as 1600 was. In trans? posing from old to new style, the time must be taken into account. * The further back we go, the fewer days it takes to make it right. The pilgrims landed December 11th ; and as the error was only ten days, the celebration of that event should be on the 21st, and not on the 22d. The days of the week were not affected by this change. Tbe fact that leap year gives unusual prerogatives to the gentler sex, who are matrimonial? ly inclined, is not of astronomical origin ; but it may nevertheless, be worthy of the most profound manual respect. The Baby's Be"d.?The baby should never be allowed in the bed* between its parents. Several good objections must occur to every one;: I need ""ot rfame but otfc< It mutet, when thus placed, con? stantly inhale the p iorfoifs emanations from the bodies of the two adults. It should sleep in a crib by the side of its mother's bed. The best at all seasons of the year is one of oat straw. The straw should be changed, and the tick Washed as often as once in two weeks. This givc3 little trouble, and involves little or no expense, while the perfect cleanliness aud sweetness contribute not a little to the baby's health. During the cold sea? son a woolen blanket should be spread v over the straw bed to increase the warmth. For covering the little sleeper woolen blankets should be used, and all the blankets should be frequently washed. Does he kick up the bed-clothes? Then fasten them on the side of the crib with little tapes or little knobs. The little chap may then kick ever so obstinately, he can't uncover himself. The pillows should be of straw. I for? got to speak of this in connection with the bed. The proximate if not the origi? nal cause of a large proportion of deaths among American babies is some malady of the brain, when we suppose the death to result from dysentery or cholera infan? tum. The immediate cause of death is an affection of the "brain supervening upon the bowel disease. The heads of American babies are, for the most part, little furnaces. What mischief must come from keeping them buried twenty hours of every twenty-four in feather pillows! It makes me shiver to think of the number of deaths among these pre? cious little ones which I have myself seen, where I had no doubt that cool straw pillows would have saved them. The hair pillow is inferior to straw, be? cause it cannot, like straw, be made per? fectly clean and fresh by a frequent change. Do not fail to keep their little head cool.?Dio Leiote. A Disappointed Maid.?Miss Stokes considers work very unlady-like, and kitchen labor "perfectly shocking." But when an industrious and sensible youn" man began to occasionally drop in and spend an evening, she very wisely re? frained from expressing these convictions, after hearing him on several occasions severely denounce the frivolity and indo? lence so fashionable at present with many of the young ladies of Philadelphia. Entertaining a high regard for the young man, she determined to surprise him by some great feat of her industry and perseverance, and last evening as they were seated together on the parlor sofa, after the conversation had began to flag, she artfully allowed a sigh to escape her. "Are you unwell?" he very tenderly inquired. "No, I am quite well." "But you sighed," he persisted. "Yes; but I suppose it was because I felt so tired." "Have you been busy ?" "Oh! yes, indeed," was the reply. "Why, would you believe it? I cut out a towel and made it all by mvself to? day." There has been a coolness between the Earties ever since, the reason of which she as never been fully able to explain, but she angrily remarked the next morning that some men were foolish enough to imagine that a woman ought to be able to do more work than a fifty horse-newer steam engine. Quantity of Seed per Acre.?Inex? perienced farmers will find the following very advantageous: Barley, broadcast, two to three bushels. Beets^ drills, four to five pounds. Broom corn, hills, four to six quarts. Buckwheat, broadcast, one-third to one bushel. Corn, hills, eight quarts. Corn, for soiling, three bushels. Clover, alike, five pounds. Clover, red, alone, twenty pounds. Clover, white, alone, five pounds. Lucerne, fifteen pounds. Hungarian, half bushel. Orchard, two to three bushels; Millet, half bushel. Oats, broadcast, two to three bushels. Onions, in drills, four to six pounds. Peas, early, drill, one and one-half bushels. Potatoes, cut tribes, ten bushels. Rye, broadcast, one to two bushels. Sorghum, drill, ten to twelve pounds. Turnips, drill, one and a half pounds. Wheat, broadcast, one to two bushels. Wheat, drill, half bushel. Grass, herds, half bushel. Tall meadow oat, half bushel. Blue grass, half bushel. CLOSING OUT SALE !! FOB THIRTY DAYS. IF you want bargains in Clothing, Hats, Dry Goods, viz?Homespuns, Cassimcrcs, Jeans, Dress Goods, Shawls. Flannels, Jcc, Boots and Shoes, Fancy Goods, Crockery, or anything in our line, call on us at No*4 Granite Row, Anderson. S. C. TOWERS & BROYLES. HARNESS, HARNESS. THE best assortment of Harness, Bridles and Saddles in Town, and for sale low for cash, or to prompt paying customers on time. Now is the time to buy, as wc arc coing to sell. TOWERS & BROYLES. NEW GOODS. JUST arriving a new lot of FANCY PRINTS, from six to ten cents per yard. TOWERS & BROYLES, No. 4 Granite Row, Anderson, S. C. May 18,1876 44 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 yearsr 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 vou 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 where the people use it. It is pronounced by all as the best Liver Medicine in the world. Two doses will relieve the worst case of Dyspepsia or Constipation of the Bowels. Each bottle contains fifty doses, and a teaspoonful of this medicine in a wineglassful of water three times a day for one day, produces a most wonderful change. Where the system is run down with loss of energy and appetite, or Dys? pepsia, with all its train of evil, is effect? ing its deadlv work, this remedy, MER? RELL'S HEPATINE, never fails to bring about a speedy and permauentcurc. Those who doubt the merit aud virtues of this medicine and live from day to day without trying the HEPATINE, have our sympathy, but cannot be cured unless they take the Medicine. A Candid Physician. It is not often that we find amongst the medical faculty sufficient candor to record any merit whatever to proprietary medi? cines, as it conflicts with their interest to do so. But below we give an exception . OPINION OF A REGULAR PHYSICIAN. Boston. January 11, 1874. This certifies that I have recommended the use of Dr. Tutt's Expectorant for dis? eases of the lungs for the past two years, and to my knowledge many bottles have been used by my patients with beneficial results. In two cases where it was thought con? firmed consumption had taken place the Expectorant effected a cure. R. H. SPRAGUE, M. D. The People Want Proof. There is no medicine prescribed by physi? cians, or sold by Druggists, that carries such evidence of its success and superior virtue as Boschee's German Syrup for severe Coughs, Colds settled on the Breast. Con? sumption, or any disease of the Throat and : Lungs. A proof of that fact is that any pcr ? son afflicted, can get a Sample Bottle for j 10 cents and try its superior effect before buying the regular size at 75 cents. It has : lately been introduced in this country from Germany, and its wonderful cures areas?oir=" ishing to everyone that use it. Threo'doses will relieve any case. Try it. Sold by Wi\ hite &. Williams. ANNOUNCEMENTS. for school commissioner. pS- 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: CAB 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. ?S3r The.undersigned hereby presents his churns to Democratic Clubs for primary election for the office of School Commis? sioner. If nominated 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. ?ST 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 sm : ~ff. ?3- The friends of JAMES H. McCON NELL respectfully announce him as a can? didate for Sheriff of Anderson Cbnnty 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 one-arm Confederate soldier. for clerk of court. ?S3" 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 the 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. 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. ?&- W. ASBURY KAY is respectfully recommended by the Honea Path Township as their choice for Count}' 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 ot her business needs look? ing after. Mr. Kay is a practical man, and qualified for the position. _HONEA PATH DEM. CLUB. ??~ The friends of Maj. L. NEWTON respectfully recommend lum 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 arc nominated. $2S- The many friends of SAMUEL BROWNE (Broadaway) announce him as a suitable person for the office of County Commissioner at the ensuing election?sub | jeet to the result of the Democratic primary election. _ To tue Democrats of Anderson County : The undersigned, having been suggested by 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. 0. H. P. FANT, _J. JAMESON. flsT- 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._ JJ33- 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 ease, the office should seek the man, and not the man seek the office._JOHN C. GANTT. Messrs. Editors : Having been nomina? ted for the position of County Commis? sioner, I take this occasion to return my thanks to the Clubs that have complimented mc with their nominations, and to say that if nominated by the Democrats at the pri? mary election I will become a candidate for the position. As I agree with the principle that the office should seek the man and not the man seek the office, it will be impossible for me to canvass the County for the nomi? nation, and hence I shall leave the question of my nomination to the people of Anderson Connty. Respectfully, _D. E. CARLISLE. for probate judge. Messrs. Editors: Allow me to tender my grateful acknowledgments to the Demo? cratic Clubs who have nominated mc for the office of Judge of Probate, and an? nounce my acceptance of the nomination? subject to ratification at the primary election. _W. W. HUMPHREYS. Messrs. Editors: Allow me to say that I accept, by the 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. HURRAH! FOR HAMPTON I HUBBARD. H -AMPTON is going to save tlie S'ate, and HUBBARD is going to save the Cur? rency. That is, if the people vote solid for Hampton and buy their Goods at LOW PRICES Prom Hubbard, and pay the currency for same, A nice lot HAMS, BACOtf SIDES, LARD, FLOUR, SUGAR, COFFEE, &C-, Just received, and for sale low. Could possibly spare about half dozen SPLIT BOTTOM CHAIRS for old men and tired young men. A. P. H. Sept 21, 187G 10 TALBOT & SONS, SH0CK0E MACHINE WORKS. RICHMOND, VA. M ANUFACTURERS 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 lv ? i 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 witu-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 DEffTISTRY." ""?? DR. G. M. JONES | IS prepared ?o do all kinds of Dentistry at snort notice. Being in possession of all the latest improvements and best of ma? terial, can do work in the best of style. In setting and filling teeth, he is determined not to be surpassed by any. Old decayed teeth treated and made good, at very little above the price of extracting. Good teeth within the reach of all, at the prei.snt re? duced prices. All work warranted. Office, adjoining T. J. Leak's residence, second door below market. -Terms low for caslx or barter. ' t ' ' Sept 7, 1876 -_8__ OEO. W. WILLIAMS. FRANK E. TAYLOR. WILLIAM BIRXIE. JOSEPH K. ROBERTSON. ROBERT S. CATIICART. w GEO.W. WILLIAMS & CO. COTTON FACTORS, Corner Haync and Church St?., Charleston, S. C. July 2ft, 187G , I_0m WM. JJTTENGER. II. P. EDMOND. ETTENGER & EDMOND, RIHMOND, VA., MANUFACTURERS PORTABLE and STATIONARY ENGINES, Boilers, of all kinds, Circular Saw Mills, Grist Mills, Mill Gearing, Shafting. Pulleys, &&. American Turbine Water Wheel, Cameron's Special Steam Pumps. Send for Catalogue. Oct 14, 1875_13_ly BOOTS and SHOES. ILL be sold lower than ever sold fn this market. TOWERS & BROYLES. READ THIS SPECIAL NOTICE. IN order to close the firm of Towers & Broyles, we will sell Dry Goods, Cloth? ing, Hats and Fancy Goods at COST for Cash for the next thirty days. Come on with your cash, if vou want bargains. TOWERS & BROYLES, No. 4 Granite Row, Anderson, S. C. Aug 10,1877_4_ LUMBER! LUMBER! IAM now prepared to furnish PINE, OAK, HICKORY and POPLAR LUMBER oji 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. WATSOJT, Furniture Works and Lumber Mills, RICHMOND, YA. COTTAGE Beadsleads, Chamber 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_ 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, ns we wish to close, up and pay our debts. So make your arraugemcnts to meet your obligations to us promptly, as longer 'indulgence cannot be given. TOWERS & BROYLES. $io $io I WILL INSERT FULL UPPER SETS OF TEETH For Tex ' Dollars, Until the first day of January next. W. G. BROWNE, Dentist. Sept 14, 187G_?>_ CLOSING_OUT! IF you want Goods CHEAP, how i? the the time to get them. BOOTS, SHOES, CLOTHING, HATS, DRY GOODS and FANCY GOODS, AT COST FOR CASH, until the first of SEPTEMBER next. TOWERS & BROYLES. Aug 17, 1876 5 CARPETS. WE will sell Carpets at Cost for cash. TOWERS & BROYLES. LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY, OF NEW YORK. Asset* January 1st, 187ft..$?,683,900.25 Surpias January 1st, 1876.- 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, im '<i ... - ly CONFECTIONERIES, FANCY GOODS, TOYS. J*. B. FA-IsTT, 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 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 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 00c. per dozen. J. K. FAXT, East End Masonic Building. AEE YOU GOING TO PAINT? Then Use New York Enamel Paint Go 's CHEMICAL PAINT! READY for use in White, and over One Hundred different Colon. 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, ''???r' ? ? ? NEW YORK ENAJ1EL PA.IISTX COMPANY, 103 Chambers Street, flew York. Prices Reduced. Sample Cards sent free. May 18; 1870_' _44 _ly FURNITURE! FURNITURE!! MOTHER GENERAL REDUCTION IN PRICES! Anderson the Cheapest Furniture Market in the State. PRICES THAT DEFY COMPETITION ! 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 anv other place. Come and see TOLLY and lie will do you right, HE WILL NOT, OR CANNOT BE UNDERSOLD. G. F. TOLLY, May 18,187(3 _Depot Street, Anderson, S. C. C. A. REED. A. S. STEPHENS. REED * STEPHENS, MANUFACTURERS OF BUGGIES, PH/ETONS, ROCKAWAYS, CARRIAGES, WAGONS, &C, &C. A. J. STRINGER, Agent. W. J. HIX, Agent, Bel ton. S. C. Fair Play. ESPECIAL at? tention paid to REPAIRING, and all work ful? ly warranted. We claim the most thorough j Ironwork, Wood work, Painting and Trimming, i 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 work for themselves. BUGGIES always ou 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 ly THE OLD COTTON GIN WITH A NEW NAME. I- XI. Hi. 0-I3STI The Exact counterpart, without Addition or Alteration, of the genuine Sam'i. Griswoid Cotton Gin, and the only true ccpy 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. Oneof-the workmen was Foreman for Sarii'l. Griswoid, in the manufacture of the Griswoid Gin. Send for descriptive circular and price list. J. E. PEOPLES, Agent, Anderson, S. C. ?pang Finlay's Improved Wrought Iron Screw Press?the best made. Finlay's Eclipse Screw Press packs the bale in twelve rounds. #011 Finlay's Horse Power, ordinary Grin-Gearing, Segments and Pinions, Shafting, Pulleys, &c GIN BELTING FURNISHED TO ORDER, ANY SIZE. PRICES LOW- _ , Le J. E. PEOPLES, A gent for the Upper part of South Carolina. July 20, 1S7G THE GRANGERS' INSURANCE- ^OMPAW op the United States of America. I ir vt Authorized Capital, - $4,500,0.00, Of which $100.000 is to be.owned in . each Department. PAR5HT OFFICE, MOBILE, ALA. F. E. DAVIDSON, President. M. G. HUDSON, Vice President. 11. W. FORT, Secretary. South Carolina Department, Colum? bia, S. C. Capital Stock, - - 9100,000.. Tiios. B. Jeter, President Thos. A. McCreeby, Vice President. H. P. Green, Secretary. McMasteb & LeConte, Attorneys, Columbia, S. C. J. H. Evixs, Attorney, gpartanbnrg, S. C. Du. B. W. Taylor, : Medical Director. Security I Economy! Liberality II Are the leading principles of this CAnpa ny. All approved forms of Life and En? dowment Policies issued.. Also, Term Poji; cics of one, three, five or seven years. All Life Policies'non-forfeftmg; after an? nual payments, when the insured .will be i entitled to a Paid-up Policy, or cash surren? der thereof.'" Dividends may be used to protect PoL'cies against lapsing in case of failure to pay pre imnuns! 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.iigent,' 1 Anderson', S. C. April 13, 1876 39 ' " GILEEATH & : PEOPLES, Wholesale and Retail Dealers in STOVES AND TIN WARE. We also keep a full line of HOUSE FUR? NISHING GOODS?such as Chamber Sets, Water; Coolers,. Waiters,. Castersj- Muffin Pans,. Spittoons, Potware, Qvens, Spiders, Andirons. We also pay the highest prices for Rags, Beeswax, &c.. .Merchants will ;Saye their Rags, as our wagons are out with Tin. GILKEATH & PEOPLES, Cotton Bayers. Jan 6, 1876 " " 25_ Van Winkle's Improved Pat? ent Cotton Cleaner and Gin Feeder Combined. THIS Machine lias 'received the highest premiums wherever, exhibited, and. consid edbyall as indispensable to any one gin? ning cotton. It saves ? 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 roll, and the gin can clean the seed closer. It snits any make of gins, and can be attached in ten minutes: A puily 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 tue firm of SJMPSOJT, HILL & CO., Will be placed 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. No excuse can be given for not settling immediately. -. $?A! The old firm business MUST be wound up. SIMPSON, HILL & CO. Sept 14, 1876 9 BUIST'S NEW CROP TURNIP SEED. ALSO, DRUGS, MEDICINES, PAINTS, OILS, LAMPS, PERFUMERY, TOILET ARTICLES, CIGARS, TOBACCO, and DYE STUFFS GENERALLY, at WILIIITE & WILLIAMS'. July 27, 1876. 2" n7;,vwvj! >.-.. ' ;?. ? . .,, '-'.ili'JIIMWWf '?? .. ..';??^>tes^DSS3 ? i? I0MLILV/JAS. IEFFEL DOUBL v. i? - address, POOLE&HlttJT. 1 mUEEL.TOOOiuusc WCIKOU&ARSVBAlTIMORE' Ml). Groceries and Provisions. SUGAR, Coffee, Bacon, Larih.FIour,,?fcc., for sale low for cash, by ' TOWERS & BROYLES. PAKG?INS! ? :n:t> TO be hod at TOWERS ?fc BROYLES', i No. 4 Granite Row, Anderson, S. C, in DRY GOODS, HATS. SHOES, SAD? DLES, HARNESS, CLOTHING, <fec. Give them a call before buying. .:<-nij June8,1876 47 . ;. BARGAINS; sjif you wan 5 Bargains, call oh us. ^TOWERS & BROYLES?