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E. B. MURRAY, Editor. THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 6, 1878. TO DEMOCRATIC CLUBS. According to a resolution of the Coun? ty Executive Committee, a Convention of the Democratic party of Anderson County will be held in the Court House at Anderson on Tuesday the 16th day of July next, at 11 o'clock a. m. All of the clubs in the County are therefore no? tified to elect their delegates to this Con? vention in accordance with the constitu? tion of the party, which entitles each dub to one delegate for every twenty five members. Clubs are also requested to notice the proceedings of the County Executive Committee, and act in accord? ance with them as promptly as possible. E. B. MURRAY, County Chairman. THE SPRtNSFIELJ) REPUBLICAN. We publish elsewhere the complacent article of the Springfield Republican in reply to the comments of some of the South Carolina press upon its recent un? fair, prejudiced and incorrect article about South Carolina, in which it refers to upper Carolina as ignorant, prejudiced and practically as. hypocritical. The Republican begins its reply by congratu? lating the people of Carolina that they have.had an opportunity to see them? selves as they are seen by an indepen? dent Northerner, apparently forgetting that we have been complimented by just such favors. frequently before, as the readers of the New York Tribune, Herald and Sun have frequently 1 id occasion to note. The fact is, the Northern visitor . who carries away the views entertained by the Republican do their own intelli? gence and judgment, if they have any, but scant justice by parading such incorrect pictures of South .Carolina' to the world. The editor of the. Republican certainly could not have visited but one section of the State. Without meaning any re? flection upon any section of South Car? olina, we. wonld call the Republican's . attention to the fact that there are more colleges above Columbia, both male and female, than there are below it, and their 'Standard of scholarship is as high as any in South Carolina, and as an evidence of their merit they are attended by students from every portion of the State. Citi? zens of the npper counties of South Car? olina are, in proportion to numbers, as intelligent and refined as any in the South, as such communities as Abbe? ville, Anderson, Greenville, Spartanburg, and the other up-country towns will abundantly prove to any unprejudiced mind. Moreover, a number of the most successful business men of Charleston are from the up-country, and are the peers of the native citizens of the place. The fact that local differences may or may not exist does not prove anything to the disadvantage of either section. We have contended all along that no sub? stantial differences exist between the two sections of our State, but if they did it would not signify that either was lacking in intelligence or patriotism. This is a free country, and two intelligent sections of country may differ entirely from each other. If the Republican has not learned this it had best study the A. B. C. prin? ciples of our institutions. The mere fact that the Edgefield Democracy did not endorse all of Governor Hampton's views is no evidence of ignorance on their pait nor on the part of Governor Hampton. If the people of the whole State were to blindly follow Governor Hampton, or any other man it wonld be a sure indica? tion of ignorance and servility: on their part, which would be no compliment to . the Governor. It is the highest compli? ment of his life that an intelligent peo? ple endorse his administration almost unanimously, although many of them differ from him upon' individual ques? tions. His administration is not blindly .endorsed by the people 'because they have not sense enough to perceive its meaning, but it is endorsed because its nmning is understood and appreciated, siid is sustained because in the main all of our people approve is. Edgefield may disapprove what Anderson favors, and Anderson oppose what Spartanburg wishes, bnt all three of these counties will agree upon the main issues. The Republican's article was the result of a lack of information ou the part of the "independent Northern visitor" who un? dertook to enlighten the people of the United States about a section of country that he knows nothing about himself. Tiiis is the most charitable construction we can put on the course of this self constituted mirror of South Carolina. The Chairman of the Republican State Executive Committee of Georgia has is? sued the following address, which has the merit of candor if nothing more: "We believe the party should be fully organized thronghout the State, and that a thorough canvass of each Congressional District should be made by Republican speakers. It may be best in some Districts to sitpport independent candidates; but if this policy is decided upon, it should be by a Republican Convention properly called and by delegates fairly chosen." This dodge will be attempted in some sections of this State, bat our people will not be surprised by it. It is well under? stood that any person who runs as an in? dependent candidate in South Carolina this year is the Radical candidate pre? sented unde;* a different name. Senator Blaine attempted on last Fri? day to lecture the Democrats on the point of seleetiog Judges, and, to cap his impudence, accused the Democrats of selecting Judges on account of their po? litical opinions and services. He said: "For sixty years, from the time of John Quincy Adams down to Abraham Lin? coln, out of twenty-one Judges of the Supreme Court appointed, there were but two appointed not of Democratic faith." He expected this to raise an extensive argument from the Democrats, but Sena? tor Morgan very deliberately sat down upon the Maiss statesman with the piercing reply: "That accounts for the Eminent ability and parity of tbejndir .ciary which we had up to a late pericd.''' Jir. Blaine, of course- subsided. The Democratic County Convention of Abbeville County at its meeting on last Monday endorsed Hon. D. Wyatt Aiken for rv-fleet ion to Congress. Col. Aiken has been an efficient and faithful representative of our Congressional Dis? trict since tbe fourth of March last. The Senate has concurred in the House amendment to adjourn on the 17th inst, and, unless the subject is reconsidered, Congress will adjourn at that time. The result of adjournment at that time will be to necessarily shorten the time for the Potter Committee's investigation of the Presidential fraud, and may result in simply a preliminary report from the committee at this session. Congress has passed the appropriation authorizing President Hayes to pay the award of tbe Fishery Commission to Great Britain, if he thinks the national honor requires it. This is rather a strange power to confer on a President charged with taking the Presidency under the circumstances Mr. Hayes ac? cepted it However, as hi* personal in? terests are not concerned in it, perhaps Mr. Hayes will not be unable to fulfill the trust Congress has past and the President approved a bill admitting works of art imported from abroad free of duty. We fail to perceive any valid excuse for such legislation at this time. The argument that it will tend to elevate and improve the taste of our people by placing works of art within reach of many who would not otherwise purchase them is all very good if we were prosperous as a nation and as individuals, but at this time we need bread and meat decidedly worse than we do paintings or statutes, and the abolition of import duties upon clothes, sugars, coffees or iron would have reduced the prices of the ordinary necessaries of Life, thereby conferring upon t he toiling thousands of our nation far greater ben? efits than the sentimental advantages given by the permission to import pic? tures free. The ex-Republican statesmen who be? come troublesome to the workers for good government should at once be placed ander indictment for their past crimes. If nothing else will put a quietus on such men as Nash, Swails and Cardozo, they should be safely housed for t, term of years within the walk of some public prison. It may be that their long lease of power in this State, and the easy life cf luxury they enjoyed, has caused them to forget the humbler but no less honest and upright trades of life, but, if so, a term in our State penitentiary would probably bring it back to their memory, and in turn cause them to forget the ways of politics. At least, the experi? ment should be tried if they do not cease meddling with public affairs with which their rascality shows them to be un? worthy of trust. A second attempt to assassinate Kaiser Wilhelm, Emperor of Germany, was made last Saturday while he was riding in the Avenue Unter-der-Linden, in Berlin. A doctor of Philology, an agri caltorist, named Karl Nobelgen, was the assassin this time, and a double-barrel shot gun, loaded with small and back shot, was his weapon. He fired twice, lodging about thirty small shot in the Emperor's face and arm, from the effects of which he bled* profusely and Buffered great pain. No serious apprehensions are, however, felt on account of his wounds. When wounded his attendant supported him, and immediately carried him to the royal palace, where his wounds were cared for. Large crowds gathered upon the streets, and great excitement prevailed. Nobelgen is a member of the Socialist clubs, and a quantity of arms were found in his apartment. He fired several shots at those who attemp? ted to arrest him, and when he found that he would be captured he attempted to kill him-elf. He admits that he is the man who attempted the assassination, bat refuses to reveal his motive for doing so. This would be a good occasion for Germany to have a hanging, and Nobel gen would be a capital subject General Grant may be poor, as his pretended Republican friends allege, but then he docs not need money, if the ac? counts of bis European tour be true. He is the recipient of handsome enter? tainments at the expense of the several towns which he visits, and even travels in special trains of cars furnished to convey him from place to place. In Sunderland, one of the towns which he visited, he was handsomely entertained by the municipal authorities on some $2,000 of public money. The tax-payers objected to this expense, and went into the Courts to prevent the town officials from levying taxes to reimburse the treasury to this extent, on the ground that it was aa unnecessary and illegal expense. The tax-payers prevailed, and the town officials will have tbe privilege of paying the bill themselves under the decision of Lord Chief Justice Cock burn who held the expense to be illegal. When the officials of Sunderland get through paying for their banquet to Grant they will realize what an expen? sive dead-head the General makes him? self, and they will no doubt be surprised to learn that such a man is in needy cir? cumstances. If Gen. Grant is really in need, he will have to come down very much in his style of living after he re? turns to America. The Republican friends of Gen. Grant in the Senate seem in earnest about de? siring to retire him as a General of the army on the ground that he is in needy circumstances, but it is Bbrewdly suspec? ted that Blaine wishes to retire him in order to get him out of the way of the nomination for President in 1880, at which time the Senator from Maine is willing to become the Republican pack horse and take the nomination, which ie almost equivalent to defeat. The argu? ment about Gen. Grant's poverty is not generally bell?ved to be sincere, and the Augusta Chronicle ft Cotulittttionalist puts the situation forcibly a? follows: "Gen. Grant is poor, very poor. He was in the service of the government for fifteen years, and during that time received as salary over five hundred thousand dol? lars. His presents and perquisites prob? ably amounted to two hundred and fifty .thousand dollars more. The Nation really ought to do something for this needy warrior." Our Augusta contem? porary, however, forgets the distin? guished smoker's greatest poverty. Gen. Grant went into tho Presidency the hon? ored hero of the late war, but by his as? sociation with the Belknaps and Bab cocks, and the appointment of his rela? tives to office, he came out bankrupt in reputation as a statesman or a patriot. Aud now Alexander H. Stephens is the last subscriber to the Radical doc? trine that to investigate fraud is to Mex icanize this government. It is a pity that it was not Mexicanized, if this is what the term means, about ten years ago. It would have saved this country of the disgrace heaped upon its public service by the fraudulent conduct of its Delanos, its Belknaps, its whiskey rings, its nepotic president, and last and great? est, it would have prevented the Return? ing Board frauds, and averted the theft of the presidency by the Republicans at the last election. Mr. Stephens does hi* intellect' and his patriotism very poor justice when he has to borrow the lan? guage of Eugene Hale and Postmaster General Key to express his ideas. His letter smacks strongly of a Republican flavor, and was evidently written in sup? port o*f these luminaries of the Radical c&mp, against the action of the Demo? crats, who are exposing the infamy of the presidential steal. We will publish Mr. Stephens' letter in full next week, and our readers can form their own esti? mate of his course. We hope the day is not far distant when the country will be free from the presence of such psuedo Democrats in the balls of Congress. Postmaster General Key has given ad? ditional evidence of his love for office and his servility in order to retain bis position. The letter,- which we publish elsewhere, indicates the true character of the man. He realized that his position in the Cabinet was in danger, and imme? diately be writes this letter, which places him outside of the Democratic party and into the fold of Republicanism. He makes his cry of alarm in order to shield, if possible, the Republicans from the ex? posure of their frauds. It is in bad taste for him to write this letter above all others, for the investigation implicates the President who is giving him office, and Mr. Key evidently writes it to repay the appointment and hold on to the po? sition. He catches up the ridiculous cry of Mexicanization, and becomes more blatant than Eugene Hale, in declaring that the South must take the responsi bilty of this investigation, and that we are now menaced with civil war. Sure? ly Mr. Key's brain has become fevered by the fear of decapitation to Bee any such consequences. At any rate, if there is any danger of revolution it is from the fact that a fraud holds the Presidential office, and does not desire an investiga? tion of the crimes of his party. We think this investigation does mean a rev? olution, but it is to be a bloodless one, and will be effected at the ballot box. The result of the investigation, if we are not disappointed, will revolutionize this government, at the next election for President, from the Republicans to the Democrats, and then such men as Mr. Key will retire from public life. Such a revolution, however, does not frighten the people. It is a consummation great? ly to he desired. Hon. Alexander H. Stephens has tele? graphed to Augusta that he will stand for re-election to Congress from his dis? trict, and we hope that the result of the election will leave him standing unelect ed. Mr. Stephens is a man of fine in? tellectual powers, but as a politician and statesman he fills to the brim our idea of a failure. Take away from him his egotism and self-will, and he would he a pitiable public man, but he has been in the habit of telling people of his great? ness in unmeasured terms until many have actually become his blind followers. What he has ever done to justify this following is not exactly easy to tell, un? less it be the reputation he has achieved as a successful lawyer of ability. As a statesman he has not been a success. He has one of those peculiar tempera? ments which induces him to consume his force in fighting his friends, thereby giving aid and comfort to his opponents. As Vice President of the Confederacy he quarrelled with Mr. Davis and the cabi? net while the lines of the invader were actually investing the Capitol of the struggling government. As a represen? tative in Congress he has opposed his party in many of the most important matters. He advocated Grant for a third term, and now he is joining with the Republicans in opposing the investi? gation of the Louisiana and Florida presidential votes. He is, in his own opinion, the embodiment of the wisdom of his party, and although he refuses to give his presence in a caucus, he arro? gates to himself the privilege of berating his political associates because a majority of them do not run away with his unrea? sonable views. The people of Georgia can secure a much abler representative than Mr. Stephens. They need a repre? sentative who has the health and the discretion to unite in the councils of their party. They do not need as a rep? resentative an invalid whose arrogance asserts itself at the most inopportune times, through dyspeptic epistles which are scattered over the country in opposi? tion to Democratic interests and to the interests, as we think, of the people of the United States. The election of an avowed Republican would not be a greater misfortune than the election of Mr. Stephens. ? The most zealous Republican papers are at their wito' ond to find out how the party can get a majority In the next House. ? The Pennsylvania Stato Convention of the Ancient Order of Hibernians adopted resolutions yesterday declaring that the members of that organization are true members of the Catholic Church, and disclaiming intention to do anything antagonistic to the peace and good order of tho State. ? Cincinnati, 0., June 4.?Yesterday about seven hundred miners from the different mines went to Charlotte, West Virginia, and captured the steamer and went to Blackburg Jo make the mjners tbore stop work, They threatened tq kill or drown any one opposing them. They succeeded in stopping the Blackburg mines, after which they took possession of the train on the Chesapeake and Ohio road and returned, making the train stop when and where they pleased, and re? fusing to pay the fare. THE ERRING BROTHER. A Uck-Pplttlo Tetter from Judge Key. Washington, May 28. Tbe circumstances attending tbe pass? age of the Potter resolution to investigate the alleged frauds in the Presidential election of 1876 in tbe States of Louisi? ana and Florida, together with the sub? sequent declarations of many influential Democratic politicians and journalists, fives evidence that if both Houses of the 'orty-sixth Congress are Democratic, the majority intend to oust President Hayes and inaugurate Mr. Tilden. The title of President Hayes was settled irre? vocably by the Forty-fourth Congress in the act creating the Electoral Com? mission, under which he was legally de? clared and legally inaugurated. The Forty-fifth Congress has no more right to dispute his election than he has to question the title of any victorious con? testant to his seat in that body. The Forty-sixth Congress will have no more right to ignore him and to recognize bis defeated contestant, Mr. Tilden, than Mr. Hayes would have to send a file of soldiers to the House of Representatives to unseat a Democrat whom ho might consider to have been wrongfully seated or fraudulently elected. The leaders in this desperate attempt to Mexicanize our institutions rely confidently upon the "solid South" to furnish the bulk of the Democratic majority in the next House of Representatives, the Senate being al? ready secured. Remembering the en? couragement which Northern Democrats in 1860 and 1861 extended to the South? ern States to secede, and the manner in which their promises of aid and comfort were fulfilled, can the Southern people afford to join this revolutionary move? ment with the certainty that when the inevitable hour of peril comes they will again be left unassisted and alone to meet the storm from the North ? Once more united by this attempt to revive an issue whose settlement was forced by public opinion upon an unwilling Con? gress in the dark days of February, 1877, when civil war over the disputed election was imminent, and patriots trembled for the safety of republican institutions, and the Southern members of Congress averted tbe danger by compelling the completion of the electoral count under a law which both parties in Congress had elected ; but now the representatives from the Southern States, with a very few exceptions, have joined a movement to subvert tbe results of their former pa? triotic action and to remand the country to that anarchy from which, less than two years ago, it was saved by their ef? forts. Grant that in permitting autono? my of all States and in appoinitiug citi? zens to office in the South instead of strangers, President Hayes has but dis? charged his constitutional duty. Does that excuse Southern representatives for attempting to invalidate his title, which they established? or will it justify them in bringing the country again in danger of civil war in >an effort to unseat him and inaugurate Mr. Tilden ? The South must now face the most momentous crisis in its history since 1861. To en? dorse the recent conduct of their repre? sentatives is to admit the truth of the charges that; the people of the South care nothing for the welfare of tbe Union, de? sire the downfall of the Republic and would rejoice, to see it again involved in civil war. If their representatives have not reflected their sentiments, as I be? lieve to be the case, then the people of I the Southern States should take care that | in the Forty sixth Congress they are rep- J resented by men who will defeat the dis? turbers of the public peace and prevent | tbe Mexicanization of our institutions. To do this, they may be compelled to act j independent of the Democratic party. Recent events have demonstrated the in ability of tho Democratic members of Congress to resist the mandates of the caucus and the terrors of the party lasb ?the one wielded and the other inspired by men who seem willing to endanger | the welfare of the conn try and the stabil? ity of republican institutions for the sake of revenge on political opponents and in the hope of dividing the spoils of victory. If the Democratic representatives of the South could not resist the caucus com? mand to pass the Potter resolution una mended and without debate, how will they be able in the Forty-sixth Congress ] to resist a similar command to ignore Mr. Hayes as President and to recognize Mr. Tilden ? It is, therefore, the duty of the Southern people to affoid crowning evi? dence of their renewed devotion to the Union in which they now enjoy every right of citizenship, and are subject only to restrictions laid upon every citizen, by sending representatives to the Forty-sixth Congress pledged to resist at all hazards revolutionary schemes of mischief mak? ers who seem to have gained control of the House of Representatives of the Forty-fifth Congress. To this end the people of every District should meet publicly, organize and resolve to support no person for Congress who has given aid ; to this movement, and who will not pledge himself to sustain the title of President Hayes during the term for which he was elected against all attempts at its-overthrow. Only in this way can [ a grave danger to the Republic be avert? ed and convincing proof be given that [ the confidence was not misplaced which President Hayes manifested in the South when he withdrew the troops from the State Houses of South Carolina and Lou? isiana. I have spoken plainly and earnestly, for I feel that I should be un? worthy to represent the South in tbe Ad? ministration were I to remain silent now. Invited to the Cabinet as a Southern man, to see that justice was done to the South, I was required neither to apolo f;ize for my record nor to disown my po itical principles. It is my duty now to warn the people of the South of the dan? ger which threatens the country. No man need hope that the schemes of the men who have engineered the movement to unseat President Hayes can be carried out without B bloody civil war. To avert this danger I confidently rely upon the patriotism and honor of the people of my native section. D. M. Key. Under the Supervision of the Executive Coinmitte* of Pomona Grange. Pendi.eton, June 3, 1873. Pendleton Grange will hold its next regular meeting on the fourth Saturday in June instead of the third Saturday; and at 2 o'clock in the afternoon instead of | at 11 o'clock as heretofore. As matters of special interest will be considered, we request every member to be present at the time and day above appointed. R. W. SIMPSON, W. M. Smut and Rust in Grain. When the furrners witness the dp?truo tion of so much of their grain by rust as we see in our fields the present year, they naturally give some thought to the cause and means of prevention. If we under? stand the case, then we are prepared to some extent to apply remedies. That some preventative application may be applied, we have no doubt; and if Prof. Prentiss is correct in the theory laid down in his address recently delivered at Ithaca, New York, there is at least some hope of oommeiiclng the use of successful means of prevention on our next wheat crops, Tbe careful attention of our farmers is Invited to the follow, ing extract: Every one, suid the Professor, is more or less acquainted with the soft, varioiih ly shaped and colored succulent plants which abound in our woods and meadows and are known under the common names of toad stools, mushrooms and puff-balls. But bow many arc there that know that all forms of rust, smut, mildew and mould are produced by the growth of a similar group of plants, only much smaller in size? Many of this latter class are so small that they can be seen only with the aid of the microscope, yet they are found everywhere, and the number of different species is immense. The ques? tion naturally arises, "Of what use are these plants of this low order of growth ?" Some we know are beneficial, while many others are injurious. A large number of the mushroom family are edible, some of the puff-balls are used for staunching the flow of blood, but by far the most valua? ble species are those which produce fer? ments in the manufacture of liquors. Every housewife knows that in making bread yeast in some form is added. This yeast is nothing but a fungoid plant. When placed in the dough these plants multiply very rapidly; acids are formed, and the bread rises, or becomes light. Mildew, mould, smut and rust are exam 51es of the most injurious kinds of fungi, hese are all very destructive to vegeta? tion. A kind of mildew attacked the grape vines in France and at one time spread over nearly the whole country, causing great loss and suffering. The history of the "potato rot" in Ireland furnishes another illustration of the powers of fungi. In one season it de? stroyed nearly the whole crop, and, as this was the principal food of the people, they found themselves without subsis? tence, and many starved to death. If we take a common puff-bald and press it in the hand we observe a cloud of dust rising from it. This dust is its seed, or what is called spores. One ball may produce millions of these spores. Bust and smut, as seen in wheat and other grain, are thought to be distinct species, but they are not. The vegetable part of these fungi, which answers to the roots in higher plants, consists of a large number of minute, delicate threads, in? tertwining, and often uniting one to the other by means of lateral branchlets. These threads permeate the leaves and stalks of the different kinds of grain on which the rust appears. From these threads, or roots, the reproductive parts appear through fissures, giving the plants affected a reddish appearance that we call rust. These reddish colored masses con? tain thousands of spores, which are blown about by the wind. They fall upon other plants, aud if the weather is favorable will sprout, grow and ripen their seed in two days, so that in a short time a whole field may be badly injured or almost to? tally destroyed. The spores from the rust develop into smut; thus smut and rust alternate, smut carrying through the winter the spores which produce .the rust. Sometimes rust is more abundant, and sometimes smut, depending upon the conditions favoring the germination of the spores. The remedy for smut and rust is to avoid sowing the spores with the seed. The spores may be killed by wetting the grain in brine, and then roll? ing it in lime. If this is properly done it kills the seed of the rust without in? juring the grain. Milk and Butter. We saw a very interesting account recently in the Anderson Intelligen? cer, of the wonderful product of good, rich milk, from a cow that we almost in? ferred had developed .her remarkable lactescence since the inauguration of the fence .law in Anderson County. Be this as it may, if it be true, she is a sensible cow, and we have no doubt there are many, very many like her in the State. If the homely, uncouth, abomi? nable?well, we won't call it?worm fen? ces could be abolished, and the faithful, patient creatures, that have all the past warm winter and spring been compelled to search for enough food on the com? mons and in the public road to eke out a miserable existence upon, were to be taken up, housed and fed as that Anderson cow was, we would ere long have a country flowing in milk, and no doubt the honey would be coming along after a while. Treated, however, as the cows of South Carolina are treated, they are extraordi? nary creatures in many respects. We think we have seen some that could live through any winter on the anticipation of getting a plenty of grass the next summer. Thousands of them have other qualities that are as hidden as the mines of the earth, because no effort has ever been made to develope them. They have all, at one time or another, been tested as to their resistance-to-starvation qualities, and generally proved very valuable on that score. But seldom have many of them been experimented with to prove their powers of endurance in a re? verse way ; and if our people could only be induced to try the experiment of proving bow much any one or all of their cows could eat daily, for say three months at a time, there would be such a surplus of good rich milk in every man's dairy that we would have to send for our neigh? bor's pigs to come over and help consume it, especially if we didn't care about going to the trouble of having our own pigs, which is a possession that a very great many of our people are nowadays averse to. And then too, if we had a surplus of milk we would in all probability have a superfluity of butter, and could use it to both eat and cook with, and would there? fore avoid the necessity of eating or using oleomagarine, or that lard made from suffocated hogs,an account of both which articles we recently gave in these col? umns. But it does not follow because a man has a abundance of milk, that there? fore he has a surplus of butter, for but? ter is a very valuable product from the lacteal fluid of cows. We once imported a cow from Scotland, that could not be made to give over eight quarts of milk at each milking; and yet from that quanti? ty of her milk we have often seen more butter produced than we could get from sixteen quaits of other cow's milk. Her eight quarts poured into a two gallon jar would float a cream in due time three or four inches thick, whilst the milk from some others would be covered with cream no thicker than a wafer, and the milk when the wafer was taken off would be nothing but "Blue John." We simply throw out these bints at this time for our readers who live in tbe "no fence" sections of the State. Keep up and feed your milch cows highly; test the milk from each by weight, not by measurement. Wheu a cow gives a fine flow of milk, and that milk turns out a good supply of batter according to the weight of the milk, take care of her, for she is a treasure. When another gives no remuneration for what she eats, either in butter or milk, butcher her, for she will make good beef, but will be a horse leach as a milch cow.?A Wyatt. Ailxn in the News and Courier. Ttie Laboratory of tbe System. The stomach Is tbe laboratory of the system, in which pertaja mysterious processes arc constantly going on. These result in tho production of that wonderful vivifying agent the blood, which in a state of health rushes laden with the elements of vitality to the remotest parts of the system. Rut when tbe stomach is semi-paralyzed by dyspepsia, blood manufacture is carried on Imperfectly, tho circulation grows thin and sluggish, and the sys? tem suffers in consequence. Moreover, indigestion reacts upon tho liver and bowels, rendering the lint sluggish and the latter constipated. The brain also suffers by sympathy, and sick headaches, sleeplessness aud nervous symptoms are engen? dered. Hosteller's Stomach PU'ors tciurius this state of UtlngJ. Klyes permanent tone and regulari? ty to the stomach and Its associate organs, the bowels and liver, and ensures complete nourish? ment and increased vigor of the aystcm. It Is tho most popular as well as the most efficient antl dyspcptlo and Ionic In America. APCMTC If you want to MAKE M?N HUlLIi I 0 FY pleasantly and fust, ad? dress Kisi.ky. Harvey * fo., Atlanta, Ga. NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT. ? Notice is hereby given that the under? signed. Administrators of the Estate of David M. Watson, deceased, will apply to the Ju'lge of Probate for Anderson County, on Tuesday, Julv Oth, 1878, for a Final Settlement and discharge from said Estate. MARTHA E. WATSON, Adm'x. \VM. 0. WATSON', Adm'r. June 6,1878 47 5 SHERIFF'S SALE. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Anderson County. BY virtue of an Execution to me direct? ed, I will expose to sale on the First Monday in July next, at Anderson Court House, South Carolina, the following de? scribed Real Estate, to wit: One Tract of Land, situate and lying in the County and State aforesaid, containing forty-one acres, more or leas, bounded by lands of Robert Dugan, Anderson Brock, Mrs. Sarah Reese and others, levied upon as the property of John R. Cothran, at the suit of James E. Holliday. Also, one Tract of Land, containing sev? enty-nine acres, more or less, bounded by lands of A. C. Banister, A. C. Price, J. 0. McKee, and lands of Defendant, levied up? on as the property of H. P. Price, at the suit of Joel Johnson. Terms of sale Cash. Purchaser to pay extra for papers. JAMES H. McCONNELL, Sheriff Anderson County. June G, 1878_47_4_ ELECTION NOTICE. WHEREAS, more than fifty resident and qualified voters of the Town of Anderson have petitioned the Intendant and Wardens of said Town to submit to the qualified electors thereof the question of subscribing the sum of Fifty Thousand Dollars to the Capital 8tock of "The Sa? vannah Valley Railroad Company," in ac? cordance with the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly entitled "An Act to Charter the Savannah Valley Railroad Company," approved March 12th, 1878. Therefore, be it Resolved, By the Intendant and Wardens of the said Town of Anderson that an elec? tion be and hereby is ordered for said Town to be held on the 18th Day of July next, at which said election the question of subscribing the sum of Fifty Thousand Dollars by the said Town to tho capital stock of the said Savannah Valley Railroad Company shall be submitted to the quali? fied electors of said Town. Resolved, That said election shall be by ballot, and that the ballots shall have writ? ten or printed on them the words, "Sub? scription" or "No Subscription," and that if a majority of the ballots cast at said elec? tion shall have written or printed on them the word "Subscription," the Town of An? derson will subscribe the said ram of Fifty Thousand Dollars to the capital stock of said Railroad Company; the said subscrip? tion to be modo in seven per centum cou ?on bonds, payable twenty years after the ate thereof, in such instalments as the said Intendant and Wardens shall deter? mine, with interest payable semi-annually ? but if a majority of the ballots cast at said election shall have written or printed on them the words, "No Subscription," then said Town will make no subscription to the capital stock of said Railroad Company. Resolved, That the said election shall be held in the Court House from nine o'clock in the morning until five o'clock in the evening, and that G. F. Tolly, J. L. Tribble and James M. Catbcart be, and hereby are, appointed Managers to conduct said elec? tion, who, before they open the polls for said election, shall take the oath fairly and impartially to conduct the same; and upon closing the polls shall forthwith proceed to count the votes, stating the whole number of votes cast, the whole number cast for "Subscription," and the whole number cost "No Subscription," and shall within two days transmit tho report of the same, in a scaled envelope, to the Intendant of the Town, who shall open the report of said Managers, and shall announce and publish the whole number of votes cost, the whole number cast for "Subscription," and the the whole number cost "No Subscription." Resoleed, That the said subscription of Fifty Thousand Dollars shall be upon the condition that the same shall be expended in the construction of the said Railroad within the limits of the County of Ander? son. W. W. HUMPHREYS* Intendant. J. C. WHITEFIELD, JEPTHA F. WILSON, E. F. MURRAH, W. 8. LIGON, Wardens. June 4,1878_47_7 1VILLIAMSTON FEMALE COLLEGE, WILLIAMSTON, S. C, IS approaching the close of a most pleas? ant and prosperous session. The One Study Plan, which is one of its principal peculiarities, gives constantly increasing satisfaction. Each pupil, having only one leading study at a time, can give this study such attention as to ensure much better success than is possible when the mind is occupied by several subjects at once. Williamston is a well-known summer resort for invalids in search of health. The Chalybeate Spring, a very short distance from the College, has greatly benefited many of our pupils, who, coming to us in delicate health, have returned home strengthened in body and mind. Unusual attention is given to physical exercise. By the habitual practice of light calisthcnic movements and the careful use of the Health-Lift every day, the evils of sedentary life are greatly mitigated, if not entirely overcome. Fur other attractive features of this Live Up-Country School for Girls, apply for a Catalogue to REV. 8. LANDER, A. M., President. May 9,1878_9_ly Millinery Goods. MISS DELLA KEYS begs to inform the Ladies of Anderson and sur? rounding country that she is now receiving a select assortment of SPRING GOODS? such as Ladics's Hats, Bonnets, Ribbons, Flowers, Collars, Cud's, &c, which will be sold at the lowest figures for the cash. A full assortment of Summer Goods will be added to my stock in a few weeks, and eve? ry effort made to please my customers in styles and prices. Millinery, Mantua-Ma? king and Stamping attended to as usual. MISS DELLA KEYS, In the Centennial House. March 21,1878 3G 3m Valuable House and Land for Sale. AValuable Dwelling with all necessary out-buildUigs, and 533 Acres of good Land, situate on the new Williamston Road, two miles Northeast of Anderson, can be purchased in one tract or in smaller tracts to suit purchasers by applying to the undersigned. The place has two settle? ments, with wells of good water, springs, and valuable bottoms upon two creeks. For terms, &c, applv to W. T. W. HARRISON. May 9,1873_43_3m Thorougl.breci Stoekfor Sale. Thorough-bred Merino Sheep, Graue Cotswold nnd South? down Sheop, Angora Goats, Fine Milch Covm. A Thorough-bred JER? SEY BULL to stand. For particulars, call on or apply to B. FRAN'K RUSSELL, At Boscobel Farm. Post Office?Pendlcton Factor}'. May 10,1878_40_3m WARNING THE undersigned hereby forewarns all persons whomsoever not to employ or harnor his son Edniond. who is under age, and has lett him without just cause, Persons disregarding this notice will be held responsible by law. DANIEL RAVENEL. May 30, 18(8_4?_2_ 276 Men and Boys Wanted! TO buv HATS of us from 25c. to $4.00 each. Call soon if you want a cheap Hat on A. B. TOWERS & CO. April 4,1878 38 QUICK SALES S SMALL PROFITS. WK HAVE JUST KKOKIVKD, and have in Stun* a i-om|?lf fe BMuirluimit nTOuoria in our line, consisting in part of? A Nice Line of Spring and Summer Prints, Bleached and Brown Shirtings and .Sheetings at priire* lower than ever was known before. Ticking from 10c. to 2/ic. per yard. C'ottonades and Plaid Homespuns?Our Cottonades and Fluid Homespun:*, made in Columbus, Ga., are the best goods in that line that can be had. Colors warranted. Hosiery, Ac?A good assortment of Kuglbh and American Hosiery and Notion:1. Boots and Nhoes?Persons in need of a good Shoe or Boot will please call on hm. It is not economy to buy a shoddy Shoe. Flour?Best Tennessee Flour. Buckwheat Flour at 5c per lb. New Orleans Molasses, -common to the best. Sugar, Coffee, Suit, Iron and Nails. IN FANCY GROCERIES, We have Mince Meat, Raisins, Citron, Currant*, Apple and Quince Butter, (^>rn Starch, Flavoring Extracts, Fresh Soda Crackers, Canned Goods, and other things too numerous to mention. Pctware?Another lot of that cheap Potwarc. French Calf Skins. Oak and Hemlock Sole Leather, Buggy Materials. Manilla Rope. Crockery, China and Glassware, Lamp Goods and Chandeliers, something new and nice. Wooden ware?Trays, Chums, Buckets, Brooms, <tc. Fish, Hardware, Bacon, Lard, Garden Seeds, Kerosene Oil. A nice assortment of Wall Papering. To arrive this week Cashmurcts, Tweeds and Linen Goods. We solicit the attention of Cash Buyers, and all of our friends and customers, to our Stock and Prices. We do not say we will sell Goods lower than anvbody else, but that we will sell as low as any one will sell the same class of Goods. We keep good Good.', and will be pleased to have you examine our goods and prices before you buy. A. B. TOWERS & CO. No. 4 Granite How, Anderson, S. C. April 11, 1878_39_ LOOK TO YOUR INTEREST. MISS LIZZIE WILLIAMS THE acknowledged LEADER OF FASHION and FIRST CLASS GOODS baa just returned from the North, where she superintended the selection of A LARGE and HANDSOME LOT of SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS, Which she proposes to sell CHEAP for CASH. The MANTUA and MILLINERY Departments are of the first class, and no pains will be spared to gratify the taste and accommodate the purse of customers. Our stock is large and in varied tints and texture, and great variety. Thanking the public for past favors, we beg them to give us a call before pur? chasing elsewhere. March 28,1878 37 CHEAPER THAN EVER BEFORE. LOOK AT MY PRICES. PANTS from 65 cents to $7.00 per pair. VESTS from 75 cents to S5.0? each. COATS from $1.25 to $15.00 each. SUITS from $3.50 to $25.00. HATS from 75 cents to $3.50. CASSIMERES from 50c. to $6,00 per yard. A LARGE LOT OF READY MADE CLOTHINC Soon to arrive. A beautiful lot of CASSIMERES already received from New York. Sewing Machines at $25.00 Cash. Call and see me. L. P. SMITH, McCully'b Comer. March 28.1878_13_ly 35,000 pounds of Bacon, Ox) barrels New Orleans Syrup, 100 barrels of Choice Flour. 25 bags of Coffee. WE keep a large lot of fresh Fancy Groceries constantly on hand, and will sell them at the lowest prices. Also, we are just receiving an extensive stock of DBY GOODS, for the Spring trade?Ladies'Dress Goods, Hats, Shoes, Trimmings, <?c. in great variety. Gents Dress Goods, Hats, Boots, Shoes, &c., in all the latest styles. Also, a large lot of READY MADE CLOTH IXG. We keep a full line of Hardware, Cutlery, Earthenware, Crockery ware, Glassware, Ac. We will be pleased to have you call on us before purchasing elsewhere, as we will not be undersold. BARR & FANT, NO. 10 GRANITE ROW, ANDERSON, S. C. April 4. 1878 12 ? ly WILKINS, WILLIAMS & CO., Main Street, Greenville, S. C, Wholesale and Retail Dealers in HARDWARE, CUTLERY, GUNS, PISTOLS, &c. Fine Table and Pocket Cutlery a Specialty. AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, Bar Iron and Steel, Blacksmiths, Carpenters, and Mechanics Tools, Builders' Hardware, of every description, < Wagon and Carriage Materials, &c. A full line of best quality Leather and Rubber Belting always in stock. AGENTS FOR? Fairbank's Standard Scales, The Hall Safe and Lock Company, The Taylor Cotton Gin, Tucker s Patent Alarm Money Drawers, Also, for the Celebrated Shoenberger Hon? and Mule Shoes. We are prepared to sell Swedes Iron at the lowest quotations fr?n: any market, and stilt propose to duplicate Invoices fr^ti Northern Jobbing houses?adding only actual freights^ WILKINS, WILLIAMS l CO., Greenville, S. C. Sept 6, 1877 aowtiiu ONE HUNDRED TONS OF ZELL'S AMMONIATED BONE PHOSPHATE. ajst> ACID PHOSPHATE, ON HAND AND TO ARRIVE TO BE SOLD ON A Cotton Option at 15 cents per pound for Middling Cotton. jZSr* Call in and get our terms before buying elsewhere. WILSON & REED, No. 7 Granite How. March 14, 1878 29 ly F. W. WAGENER & CO., CHARLESTON, S. C, COTTON FACTORS AND WHOLESALE GROCERS. Agents for the Celebrated Hook Cotton Tie. Agents for the Oriental Gun Powder Company. Agents for the California Vinegar Company. Agents for the Georgia Grange Fertilizers. Agents for Old Crow Whiskey. In addition to our Cotton and Naval Store Department, we have established si Country Produce Department, for which we solicit shipments. April 18, 1878_40__ ly GERMAN MILLET, AND OTHER FIELD SEEDS. Fresh Arrival of Drugs. AL,L CHEAP FOR CASH ! p?f* Those who arc ndebted to us please call and settle. WTLHTTE & WILLIAMS. April 4.1878_38_ Wagon for Sale. AGOOD, new, one-horse Wagon for sale by A. B. TOWERS A CO. Feh 14,187? 31 I ADMINISTRATORS' NOTICE. All persons having demands against the Estate of Jaraes Stewart, deceased, nr. notified to present them, properly proven within the time prescribed by law". E. W. STEWART. JOHN JACK STEWART, Administrators. May 0, 1878 43 3* CASSIMEBES. JL'ST RECEIVED, a nice assortment of VIRGINIA CASSIMERES. These arc the best goods in the market. Call soo.i if von want a good Summer suit. A. B. TOWERS & CO. April 4, 1878_38_ tt\ |7J p< rtl business you can engage Ja. Ja LJ 11 W I totMpet Jay made by any wor): 11 IIjI i I fir of either sex, right in the'.r ?U J-UK^/ J. own localities. Particulars and samples free. Improve your spare time at this bo t \mn. AMreim StlKWUt & Co.. Portland. Maine.