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LOCAL NEWS: W. W, KEYS, Local Editor. BRIEF MENTION. Cotton remains down to 91 to 10 cento. A lady in the country the other day sent . her mother, who lives in town, one and a half bushels of raspberries from one pick? ing. Monday last was as about as dull a Sale day as we ever saw. The Sheriff sold a tract of land In Belton township of 150 acres for $1,125. The special meeting of the stockholders of the Savannah Valley Railroad Com wo y called for the 22d instant has been changed to the 30th inst. The Town Council publish an Ordinance in to-day'e paper concerning dogs that all should read. It is a good law and should be rigidly enforced. Appointments of the Y. M. 0. A. for next Sunday^: To conduct the afternoon meeting, John W. Todd; Poor House committee, A. P. Hubbard, J. JBaylis Lewis. A tract of land in the neighborhood of Seneca City sold the other day for about $135 per acre, hut the ground is full of dia? monds and of course it was worth it. ' Mr. John G. Fagg and Miss Ellen Cheat ham were married on Sunday, 6th instant, by Rev. M. McGee, at the residence of the bride's mother, Mrs. Sallie Cheatham. The postoffice will be changed from the ; place at which it is at present located when the new postmistress takes charge, hut where to has notyet been determined. The Supreme Court on last Tuesday ad? mitted thirty young men to the practice of law in this State, among whom were Capt. . T. C. Ligen and Mr. W. D. Bewley, of Anderson/ The Pelzer Manufacturing Company ad? vertise in this issue for 100 laborers, to ", whom permanent employment will be given at the site of the Company's mills, neu Williamston. A horse ran away from the Blue Ridge > depot -the other morning and came near ? going into the cut across Main street, owing to the fence between the foot and wagon ?bridges being down. The railroad authori ties had better take Our advice and have this matter attended to. The town was without corn or meal for several days last week. If this condition ' of affairs had have con tinned "long it would \1 have been about as bad for the country people as for those of the town. It used to be thai the country supplied the town with corn, meal, etc., hut now the town supplies . ? the country. We would direct attention to the advei: ' tisement of the Williamston Male Acade? my, which appears elsewhere in this issue. ' Mr. W. W. Brown, the principal, Is an ac? complished teacher, and enjoyed a liberal patronage last session, having about forty - - - five pupils to enter, with an average atten? dance of about thirty-eight. So far as our observation extends the '. crop prospects in Anderson County were never oetter. Cotton and corn look clean and well cultivated, and wheat has escape! , the rust. Oats are not good, owing to the ? ^tXF?**W. Everybody is hard at wort , " and "with" "favorable seasons henceforth a splendid crop will be garnered. The following is a statement of taxes col? lected by the Treasurer of this county dur? ing the month of May: State? $3,926.63 ; -County, $1,977^1; School, $1.572.i7; Polls, $181.50. Total. $7,657.81. The amount oi 'the second installment of the railroad taxes: - paid at the same time is as follows : 8. V. ? R. R, $267.00; A. & F. B. V. R. R, $84.13. . Grand total, $8,008.94. ... We are requested by the citizens of Pierce? town and surrounding country to announce that James Mullikin, Esq., one of the old? est and most respected citizens of bur Coun? ty, will deliver an address on the subject of ' whiskey legislation on the 16th day of July. at.2 o'clock p. m., at Piercetown. The pub? lic generally, and the members of the Leg " islatare particularly, are invited to attend. We heard a gentleman say the other day - -. that he was a candidate for the Legislature i next year, and* his only object in being elected was to introduce a bill abolishing com-cribs and smoke-houses. They were almost entire useless, and the people should be relieved of the expense of building them. He says he is certain of election if all the people with empty corn-cribs vote for him. The General Ticket Agent of the Colum? bia & Greenville Railroad has instructed the agents at the different depots on the i Road to fell roond trip tickets to Donnalds from the 25th to the 28th of June inclusive - to those wishing to attend the Commence? ment Exercises of the Erskinf-. College and DutfWest Female College, at regular round trip rate, good to return until July 3d in? clusive. The pic nie of the German Club of An? derson on last Thursday was a very suc ' cessful and pleasant affair. The selection of Andersonville, with its beautiful rivers and scenery, as the location for the gather? ing was altogether fortunate, as the sports of fishing and rowing afforded an agreeable interlude to the dancing and conversation to which the day might otherwise have been limited. A large number of ladies and gentlemen attended and spent a most ' charming day. Something a little out of the usual order rvcenrred at Anderson a few days ago. A gentleman being in need of corn bitched np bis horse and went out info the country and secured a supply. He says the farmer ? has enough left for his own use, has money to loan, good stock, and lives well. Every farmer who makes enough corn for his own use is prosperous, but you can't convince the majority that it will pay to raise their own provisions. Suppose, for instance, that a great flood should cut us off from the .West, what would the people of Anderson do? We doubt if there is more than six weeks or two months supply of provisions in the County. This state of affairs is de? plorable. Think of it! Col. Morrison, an accomplished civil en? gineer of ability and reputation, was in Anderson on last Monday and Tuesday as the guest of Mai. Thomas B. Lee, Chief Engineer of the Savannah Valley Railroad.. Col. Morrison is from New York, and arrived here' at the conclusion of a tour of inspection of the route and cost of the Savannah Valley Railroad Company, made under the direction and in the interest of the purchasing committee of the South Carolina Railroad. He expressed himself as pleased with the country, and with the proposed road. Affor the sale of the South Carolina Railroad in July, we have no doubt vigorous steps will be taken for the early completion of the Savannah Valley Road. The June term of Court for this county will convene on the 3d Monday, 20th inst., with Hon. J. H. Hndson on the Bench. The following is a list of the petit jurors drawn for the term, who will be held for onlv criminal coses: B. B. Brcazeale, J. H. McOlihton, A. B. Sullivan, W. A. D. Fin ley, S. G. Williams, B. F. Price, Wm. B. Herabree, B. F. Culbertson, Green Jenkins, fool.,) D. 8. Watson, J. A. Keown, J. W. Dacus, J. P. Anderson, W. H. McMurtry, 8. J. King, John Martin, W. S. Smith, Welborn Martin, Wm. J. Gentry, J. W. Thompson, W. L. Dobbins, T. F. Drake, J. M. Brown, M. T. Elgin, J. M. Banister, W. B. Newell, D. F. Anderson, J. C. Cherry, J. W. McPhail. J. W. Sherard. Wm. M. Martin, J. H. Burgess, J. B. Holcomb, J. N. Hembree, W. M. Cooley, L. P. Clink , scales. The Greenville News of lost Saturday says that Dr. J. H. Maxwell, of that city, formerly of Pen die ton. is the possessor of a fine rifle that bears the inscription "J. E. Colhoun, Pendieton, So. Ca., 1785." It was purchased by him at the sale of the estate of one of the Calhouns in Abbeville county some years ago, and is known to have been the property of members of the Calhoun family for many years?exactly bow long is not known. Ewing Calhoun, the last owner of the rifle, was a cousin to John C. Calhoun. It is believed by some that the names "Colhoun" and "Calhonn" were orignally the same?one branch of the family calling themselves by the former and the other by the latter. The rifle is a long old-fashioned, spring-ti l^ger, large bore deer gun, finely made, heavily mounted with solid silver, and in good condition. It was restocked from native black walnut that grew on John C. Culhoun's plantation in Old Pendleton. It is a valuable relic that has passed through the days of vol? umes of history. We clip the following from the Green? ville Daily News of the 4th instant: "One of those instances in which the hero for an extreme emergency is found, occurred at the residence of Major Russell, in Anderson county, on day before yesterday. Maj.. Russell's little grand daughter, about six years of age, and some other children were playing on tho lawn, when the little girl was bitten on the foot by a rattlesnake. Her cries and the announcement of their cause carried consternation among the family and others present. No remedy was at hand, and the distress of the little girl's mother was heartrending. Dr. A. K. Durham, dentist, of this city, being present on professional business, mode himself master of the situation by applying his lips to the bite and sucking out the deadly ven? om, while he Rent to procure some whisky. The whisky being brought, a large dose of it was administered to the child, and at last accounts she was doing well, the bitten foot being only slightly swollen. Those who were present and witnessed the cir? cumstances, avow that the noble and self sacrificing treatment of Dr. Durham saved the child's life. Few men would have run the risk involved in drawing the poison into the mouth and spitting it out, and it would be a-very dangerous thing for per? sons having a sore mouth or decayed teeth i to do. Dr. D. it is said, experienced a sen? sation in the lips and mouth, but nobly endeavored and succeeded in extracting the poison from the wound. * The excursion-to Toccoa City on last Saturday, under the management of An? derson Division, 8ons.Of Temperance, was-a complete success in every respect. Some' three hundred excursionists? In? dies, gentlemen and children?availed themselves of tMe.^opportunity to visit, conveniently and cheaply, the celebrated falls, to which the Indians gave the name ',Toc?oa',--^the beautiful. The railroad accommodations were ample and well appointed. The train made good speed upon a pleasant day through a beautiful country, and made its trips without accident or delay. The company was congenial and pleasant, and tho manage? ment in'every way thoughtful and atten? tive, so that the general verdict is oue of highest commendation. The scenery at thefaUs was. of course, a very promi? nent and attractive feature of the day, but its social pleasures also heightened the enjoyment to which nature so liber? ally contributed ; and of course the ever to-be-found basket-dinner, which is a necessary accompaniment to all well regulated picnics, was most abundantly exhibited and closely and appreciatively attended to here. It is thought the Di? vision will clear something like a hun? dred dollars, and therefore it may be ac? curately stated that all parties to the ex? cursion are thoroughly satisfied with the results of che day. ANDERSON FEMALE SEMINARY, Commencement Exercises at the Cloao of the Second Session?A Characteristic Ad? dress by CoL Alken?Harked Success of Gen. Ayer's Efforts to Establish a First Class Female School in Anderson. The Commencement Exorcises of the Anderson Female Seminary, at the close of the second session on Friday evening last, was attended by a large concourse of our citizens, and was greatly enjoyed by all present. The young ladies of the Seminary were congregated on the front piazza of the boarding house, which was tastily decorated with festoons of ever? greens and flowers, and brilliantly light? ed with lamps. The audience was seated in fr?nt of the house, the whole yard be? ing beautifully illuminated by Chinese lanterns, which were swayed to and fro among the widespreading" bows of the splendid oaks by a stiff breeze, giving to the whole scene a picturesque appear? ance. After a few pieces of music by the pu? pils of the Seminary, Gen. Ayer intro? duced as. the orator.of the occasion Hon. D. Wyatt Aiken, of Cokesbury, our Rep? resentative in Congress, who Bpoke as follows: Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen : Six weeks ago, when confined to a bed of serious illness, I was invited to ad? dress the young ladies of this Seminary during their examination upon the sub? ject of "Female Education." Sick as I was, the invitation provoked a smile. For what did I know about "Female Ed? ucation" ? Was I ever a tutor of young ladies, or in any wise a preceptor of the gentler, sex? No. Then why request me to discourse upon a subject of which I was presumptively so ignorant? While I thus soliloquized to myself, Mr. President, the inquiry was suggested, are you not a father? Have you no daughters for whose education you are responsible? I could but reply affirma? tively, for in the popular acceptation of the term, I have educated three, and have three more now undergoing the same process of training. Apprehensive that ray system might differ essentially from the practice of-the parents of the young ladies whom I have the honor this evening of addressing, I determined to accept the invitation, and*' am here not to advise or instruct, but to suggest and perhaps counsel. My sug? gestions may not be approved by this auditory, but I feel assured they will sur? vive the most adverse criticism, for they simply portray in a great measure tho successful result of my own domestio and paternal practice. Let us then at the be? ginning analyze the term Education. Popularly, that person is said to be edu? cated who has passed beyond the con? fines of a school house, and has received a diploma from a College, or mastered the curriculum of a University. Indeed, he or she is educated who has graduated anywhere. Habitually, our daughters begin to acquire this education at some female school near home. In a few years they leave the paternal root, amid the caress? ing and tear shedding of the family, for a boarding school in some distant town or. city, and after a prescribed course of study there, which has uot beon altered or amended since the foundation of the institution, they graduate, having in the <common acceptation of the term received in education. ' All this is well, and would that it were within the reach of every child in the land. But, Mr. Presi? dent, can this be said to be more than a partial education, even for young ladies? Of all the various phases of education which aro so essentially necessary to prepare girls for the inevitable duties of womanhood, none are more important than intellectual training. But, sir, is this more than oue of the many phases of education ? Our moral natures, too. sire to be developed both by precept ana example. And in these utilitarian times I feel warranted in insisting that it is no less important that the physical woman must as well be disciplined and culti? vated. Education then is the fullest de? velopment of the man or woman intel? lectually, morally and physically, accom Eanied by .a practical aptitude to adapt imself or herself to the various vicissi? tudes of lifo. I am not aware that edu? cation as thus defined is the result of a scholastic course in anv of our semina? ries, either male or female. Constant effort is exercised to develop the intel? lectual ; the moral is usually evoked by e.itample, but the physical development is genoraUy confided to the custody of each individual self. If this is so, it is not as it should be. Mental training is, of course, absolutely essential, for it is tho mind that sways, whether it bo on the farm, in tho workshops, or in the council halls of our country. But in this section, where citizenship has been de? graded, and whero moral contamination can be seen through every window of our dwellings, how essential to have the ris? ing generation taught that rectitude of conduct, that character is the Brightest jewel in the casket of their accomplish? ments? And throughout the South, wlaere sectional poverty impresses the ot servant traveller, it can be no loss essential for the happiness of this same youth in after life to have them taught self-help, which necessarily results in physical development. The process of acquiring what is called an education is a routine of discipline, confinement and study, which for many years has had but little variation. True we have the Kindergarten, tho Graded School, the Agricultural College and some other nominal innovations upon , the old system, but it is not apparent to my mind that oven these are improve? ments. The Kindergarten, which when anglicized means the child's garden, is metaphorically a garden where children, between the ages of tareo and seven, are the plant;! to be cultivated under the care of some faithful gardener. Tender plants, indeed, these to be removed from I the maternal care of those who bore them. The Kindergarten is n nursery whero in? fants may be left during the" day under the care of some kind nud cheerful stew? ardess while their parents are engaged at their daily labors away from home. I j use tho illustration in no opprobrious sense, when I say that tho Kindorgarten is identical with the system adopted on many of our large plantations before the war, when all the nursing mothers were required to take their infants to some central house on the plantation to be left during the day in the care of a chosen old mamma, whose duty it was to feed, amuse and protect the urchins until their mothers returned from the field. Voluntarily to submit to such a system is unnatural. But where poverty de? mands it, maternal affection must yield. Such a sys tem can never prevail in agri? cultural sections or in sparsely settled communities, but doubtless is admirably adapted to manufacturing centres. The Graded Schools, so far as I have been able to investigate them, are no improve? ment upon that school where you and I, Mr. President, rocoived our academic ed? ucation. And a majority of the Agricul? tural CoUeges in the United States teach the sfudent3 everything but agriculture. Hence, I repeat, the present systems of education have changed but little from what they were years ago. At the tender age of six, or perhaps seven, (three years too soon in my .opinion) the child has been taught the alphabet at home, and is then sent to school first, porhaps, to learn to spell monosyllables, then to connect two or more of these together and spell words, then to read, aud on to memo? rizing and repeating the multiplication table, to making fine and coarse strokes with a pen, and ultimately to acquiring a smattering of history, to writing a fair hand, to understanding vulgar fractions, or perhaps to calculating the interest on a note, and showing that the book says, what he does not comprehend, that verbs are of three kinds, active, passive and neuter. And with these acquirements ends the scholastic course of most of our youths. They are then said to have received an elementary education, or that education which so many men, who by close appli? cation to study, by indomitable energy and perseverance, have attained toJJdTs tiuction in after life, are fond of boasting is the only education they received in youth. Then again other children are more fortunate, and have a longer leaso of scholastic life. They are advanced to a higher course of study, and acquire a knowledge of the ancient languages by a compulsory rendering of Virgil and Horace, of Homer and Xenophon. And as they progress they delve into philoso? phy, absorb tomes of history, master the science of trigonometry, and anon be? come polished in the art of rhetoric and belles-lettres. This accomplished they receive a diploma of graduation from a College or University, and are reputed to have leceived a liberal education. Step Eing then upon tho threshold of man ood, one of tho so-called learned pro? fessions is perhaps selected as their voca? tion in after life, and, if so, a still further course of study is necessary to equip them with a professional education. Thus from twelve to fifteen years of lifo are consumed in preparing youths to grapple with the uncertainties of the world, which a vast proportion of them fail to do successfully, often times because their energies have been bent upon the full development of a single phase of ed? ucation. But, Mr. President, what class of our youth is it that has hod bestowod upon-them this long and tedious course of scholastic mental training? Is it the boys or the girls ? The-young men or the maidens ? Let me answer this ques? tion by asking another. Who in all this Southlaud ever heard of a woman grad? uating at one of our older and higher in? stitutions of learning ? What woman in the South to-day holds a diploma of grad? uation, having received what I have de? scribed above as a liberal education, and still less a professional education ? Are any of them ever advanced beyond tho purview of an elementary education ? Possibly we are the happier people for thus limiting female education, for it may prevent the cropping out of that class of strong-minded women who, by practically unsexing themselves become a bane to any society. In the land of morality and isms Dr. Mary Walker, who wears breeches and a standing col? lar, has graduated as a physician, and to Dr. Susan Edson's skill is attributed the recovery of the President's wife from her recent severe attack of malarial fever. Mrs. Belva Lockwood, who walks aud talks like a man, is a regularly licensed lawyer, who practices before all the courts of Washington City. Miss Susan B. Anthony can make a stump speech two hours long on woman's rights. And hosts of other masculine women throughout the North are daily speaking and praying for the universality of wo? man suffrage, that they might become by election ruling statesmen or stateswo men in our National Congress. Are such anomalies the result of an advanced "Female Education"? Hea? ven forbid. I would rather Bee the edu? cation of women circumscribed within its narrowest limits, than see her, as a result of her more liberal education, usurping the province of man. It by no means follows, that becau30 woman by education becomes self-reliant, that there? fore she must become masculine. Wo? man has her peculiar sphere, and for her to venture to transcend it, is for her to renounce her loveliness. The point I de sin to make, howover, is that through? out the South the standard of female ed? ucation is not sufficiently high. Let us review for a moment the scholastic course of the two sexes. Boys and girls usually commence schoel together. They read and write and recite grammar les? sons frequently In the same classes and school rooms, and are advanced together until they have acquired that elementary education which I have ucjeribod, But there a separation is made. The boys, as we have seon, are frequently carried on to and through a liberal and some? times a professional education. The girls are sent home, or probably to boarding schools to prcparo themselves for the re? quirements of society. Why should not females be taught Latin and Greek in all of our institu? tions ? One or tho other of these lan? guages is the root of more than half tho words of our vernacular tongue, and the study of them is an exercise of every faculty of tho mind. The memory is im? proved through tho process of associating different words with the same thought. Taste is refined in construing a transla? tion, and a nicer judgment is required in selecting English words to convey Latin or Greek ideas, while no profound thought is necessary to attain to the ac? complishment of being a linguist. Nor can any reason be assigned why the curriculum of our female seminaries should not include the study of the higher mathematics, geometry, survej' ing, plane and spherical trigonometry, and particularly political economy, that great science of productio a, consumption and exchange, which thrusts its teach? ings so minutely into all the affairs of life. No man would be so rash as to say that theso studies are beyond the capacity of women. True, woman was created a help-meet for mau, and St. Peter advises husbands to treat their wives as "the weaker vessel." But does this argue that woman is incapable of receiving the most finished mental discipline? Unable to perform as much labor or endure aB much fatigue as man, womau is physical? ly his inferior. Morally she is by nature as surely his superior, and naturally nothing prevents her being as capable as ho of receiving tho highest intellectual culture. In all the catalogues of the Female Seminaries that I havo seen, rhetoric and logic are published as a portion of the studies required, and this to tho exclu? sion of the languages and the higher mathematics. Why is this? Is it be? cause the latter are less comprehensible than tho former, or because women are natural rhetoricians and logicians ? Few adult males will deny that women are innately eloquent, and what man ever saw a womau that could not assign a rea? son for her thoughts? The anecdote of the Irishman, who said to his wife, her tongue must be glad when she was asleep, for it had no rest whon she was awake, may not apply to all women, but it is known of ail men that women aro good talkers and generally good thinkers, and no father of a family can say that he has not frequently found his wife a good counsellor. Custom, however, has so long sanc? tioned the confinement of the scholastic course of females to a narrower curricu? lum than that devised for males, that it would seem unwomanly for any female to aspire to a graduation in any -of our older institutions. But no valid argu? ment can be adduced to prove woman's mental inferiority to man. Ton years experience at school taught me different? ly, for during that entire time I seldom sat upon tho recitation bench that I was not confronted by young ladies, to sur? pass whom was the heigh:- of my ambi? tion, and it is no disparagement to me to admit that I seldom if ever succeeded. This limited course of studies, which is accorded young ladies in securing their so-called education, is usually supple? mented by accomplishments which are no farther utilized than to enable the possessor to appear well in society. For instance, how many girls aro forced to drum upon tho piano as an accomplish? ment, who havo neither taste nor talent I for music? Of course, with such schol? ars the end of school days is the end of piano drumming* But even of those who havo decided talents for music, and who at school seem to have mastered the sci? ence, how many of them utilize their ac? complishment beyond making them? selves agreeable and entertaining until they are marriageable? That I may not be accused of judging too critically, look over the catalogues of our Southern fe? male seminaries and see how frequently tho musical department is in the hands of Professor So-and-So. with a long name either from Germany or France or some other foreign country, and not under tho control of graduates of tho institu? tion. So with drawing, painting, w ax work, making artificial flowers. These arts are frequently taught in our seminaries, but where will you find a young lady in the State or the South who has tnado a pro? fession of either of them ? I would havo the young lady, who had a peculiar talent for any of these arts, study it, master it, and ply it as her vocation in after life. Who can point me to a Southern lemalo artist of any colebrity either as a painter, musician or sculptor ? And yet the hand? somest marblo monuments in out nation? al capital have been chiseled by the fair hand of woman. In 1874 I was so circumstanced that I could give employment to a half dozen or moro young ladies in making artificial flowers. I wrote to friends in almost I every Southern city, enquiring whether I this demand could be supplied there. I failed to secure a single ono in all the South, but had no difficulty in engaging them at the North. Now, I must not be understood as ad? vocating the policy of woman's receiving a higher education simply that she may become a professional character. Not at all. But I do believe, in encouraging evory one to utilize the talents with which they are endowed. And to this end I consider it the duty of parents to educate their daughters as thoroughly as their sons, and wherever any peculiar or superior talent is discovered, it should be fostered, encouraged and disciplined to its utmost capacity. Not otherwise can success in any vocation be attained now-a-days. We live in a mechanical, inventive, progressive age, and every? where and at all times skill is recognized and encouraged. When we remember that but a few years ago our land was desolated by tho horrors of civil war, from which wo have but partially recu? perated, and when the prosperity of to? day is rendered doubtful by tho evidenc? es of poverty wo see so abundautly man? ifested in every quarter, it behooves the parents of the rising generation through? out the South to inculcate upon their children the necessity of acquiring a general education, not for ornamental but for practical purposes. For when these youths leave the precincts of the school or college, and enter upou the arona of manhood or womanhood, thoy will find the world but a restless, seeth? ing, social whirlpool, where self is tho motive power, where disinterestedness is n virtue of exoti". growth, but where education is the controlling element in the competitive contests of life. ? General education prepares tho mind to secure success in every occupation, and makes men. Special education commands success in every enterprise in which the recipient is called to act. The educated man, therefore, who bends his energies to the accomplishment of a single deed, or plies all tho force of his trained intel? lect to the development of a single idea, will far outstrip the man who, without training, without acquirements, relies for the attainment of the same end upon the innate powers of natural genius. And never was thoir a country in which, nor a people among whom, this educated individuality was more necessary than' right here among us of the South, where the demoralization of war had segre? gated the purposes and broken tho ties of a once united and happy people. But, Mr. President, I may bo anticipating those whom I have been invited to ad? dress, for they may reply, we do uot pro? pose engaging immediately in the battle of life, but intend to retire to tho happy homes of our indulgent parents, thore to enjoy ourselves and await events. Bliss? ful innocence! Would that your fond? est hopes could bo realized. A satisfactory present may suffice for women: they may not entertain ambi? tious thoughts, and hence may scout tho imaginary discouragements of tho future. Not so with men. The humblest boy may perhaps bo as* ambitious as Alexan? der, who, when a youth, was asked if ho intended entering tho contest [in the Olympic games, and piomptly replied : Yes, even though I contend against Kings." Laudable and successful ambi? tion has converted a boot-black of forty years ago into a United States Senator of to-day. And the same incentive has givon him a colleague who twenty-live years ago was a brakeman on a railroad train. And he who now fills tho highest office in Christendom was within the re? collection of many of us a canal boat driver. Hence no insurmountable ob? stacle lios across the pathway of ambi? tious youth, and that instinct which actuates him to fill lofty places among men is a praiseworthy "incentive, that should pervade the mind and heart of evory boy.. But shall those aspirations be confined to the sterner sex ? Is thore no worldly goal to which woman should aspire? Erudite women of every civilized nation have commanded tho admiration of the world. Nood i only mention Hannah Moore, Madam De'Stael or Georgo El? liott? The aphorism is accorded to Aristotle, that "in every block of marblo there is a statue: it only needs tho chisel of the sculptor to fashion it." What sculpturo is to to the marble, education is to the mind. Who then can tell us how many intellectual statues of great beauty lio forever concealed within the recesses of the un8Culpturod minds of our country? Honco tho importance, my young friends, of your striving to perfect your educa? tion ; and in doing so cultivate virtuous and lofty aspirations. Thero is always a possibility of success for those who do servo it, and ambition tempered by tho intuitive nobleness of woman is not a dangerous, but ono of the most admirable attributes of man. Proporly restrained it has developed groat and good men, and stimulated them to the performance of labors of surpassing grandeur. It will do no less lor woman, when con? trolled by her fortitudo and ameliorated by her patience. Lot thon your aspira? tions bo lofty, and your ambition virtu? ous and ennobling. But, Mr. President, in the acquisition of knowledge, pedantry should at all times be avoided, Thero is nothing attractive in a blue stocking. That is a contracted intellect, which is constantly parading its acquirements. Those who by reading and study have stored thoir minds with a fund of infor? mation, which they can only utilize by making a display of what thoy have absorbed from others, may be called learned, but thoy are never wise. My auditory must see that tho drift of my whole argument is to encourage the practical utilization of acquired knowl? edge. To this end I would encourage, even at school, tho introduction of some of tho duties of after life, believing that any ono who studies livo years and prac? tices five will acquire more and bo better educated than ho who studies ten years. Practical duties are a relief to mental labor, and would therefore in no wiso ro tard the progress of the studious scholar. Goldsmith says, "education should mean the cultivation of tho intellect, the refinement of reason, guided by good tasto and not pedantry, so that however scientific, philosophical or profound the scholar may be, his learning should only be shown to society through tho medium of good common sense." Yes, my young friends, common sense is never impractical. And tho practical man is usually endowed with good common sonso. Hence in tho pursuit after knowl? edge, habits of practical iudustry should be acquired by tho systematic perform? ance of some of those duties which arc known to bo inevitable to womanhood. In communities whero tho educated aro all wealthy and prosperous, tho men may be gentlemen of elegant leisure, and the women may never bo burtheued with tho drudgery of housokeopiug. But have wo now or uro we likely to havo in the near future here, or in the State or in the cntiro South any such community? I imagine not. Indeed, Bomo of our i most intelligent and best educated citi I zens aro to-day feeling koenly tho pinch I ings of povert3r, and aro compelled to Eerform manual labor to earn their daily read, This is nothing to their discredit, for by thoir characters do they dignify their labor, be it never so meuial. But all labor is onerous to those who aro un? accustomed to performing it, and habits of industry contracted in early lifo great? ly mitigate its irksnmeness. If an honest man is the noblest work of God, ho is no less honest, and surely no less noblo be? cause ho plies tho hammer behind tho anvil, or earns his living between tho plow handles. It is not tho profession that elevates or degrades the man, but it is tho mnn that establishes the character of his profession. No one will contend that all Judges are just men, or that saints on earth are only to be found occupying the pulpit. Parson Brownlow is report? ed to have said, "a man in a horse swan must cheat the trador, or the trader will cheat tho man." If this bo true, I take it that hcrso-trading is a dishonorable bus? iness. But is it true? No, my young friends, all labor is honorable, and any vocation can only be effected in each in? dividual instance by tho character of him who follows it. As with men, so with women. If a pure, refined educated woman is tho loveliest of nature's creations, sho be? comes no less lovely because she can kneed dough, labor at the ironing table, or even bend over tho wash tub. Ono of the most attractive persons I over met was a young lady ol Anderson county, who, after attending to her daily routino of housekeeping, was said to mount hor horse, visit the farm hands in the field and give general direction as to the mode of cultivating the crops. What verdict, think you, would be rendered by tho young men of our conn try were they consulted as to tho attrac? tiveness of those young ladles who did, and those who did not supplement their education with these various practical accomplishments? To those already mentioned, I might add the use of the sewing machine, and a knowledge of type Betting, telegraphy and stenography. Theso are almost necessary adjuncts to a finished female education now-a-daye. Every adolescent maiden should antici? pate some day becoming viaierfamUias. and as surely as the sparks fly upward will this dignified position bo attended by all the perplexities of housekeeping. If these aro to be surmounted by experi? ence, how harrassing the life! But if they aro anticipated by education, the burthen becomes alleviated, and the duty of them a pleasure. Review the lives of your acquaintances who have preceded you hero or elsewhere at school during the past three or five years. Some of them are single, others married. Of the latter how many of them are wedded to men capable of pro? viding them homes as comfortable as the ; paternal roofs they left, or able to supply ' all the servants necessary to relieve their wives of the disagreeable drudgery of housekeeping? Then profit by these ex? amples, and learn practically to perform those duties which are so inevitably con? nected with woman's life as is heat with the summer's sun. Mr. President, I may be too utilitarian, but I have often thought were I the prin? cipal of a boarding school for females, it should be required of every pupil to de? vote so many hoars daily or weekly to the arts of cooking, washing and sewing, and those who developed the proper tal? ent should be taught type setting, tele? graphy and stenography, I am aware that the enforcement of such a curricu? lum would heap upon the head of the principal the gentle anathemas of his scholars, and possibly invoke tho frowns of prudish ana indulgent mothers; but 1 am quite sure the future wives of tho i country- would shower blessings upon him,.and pray that he might go down to I his end in peaco. J ' Now, all theso practical, utilitarian ac? complishments by no means excludo woman from tho sphere of tho very high est intellectual culture. Quite the con- \ trary. If it is "the men of learning who lead with noiseless stop the vanguard of civilization, that mark out the road over which posterity marches," so I would have it tho mission, if not the duty of j educated women to convinco the world that even in the apparently trivial duties of 'the housewife intellect will always control. In conclusion, Mr. President, female education, as I havo defined it, secures to society intellectual advancement, moral perfection, and healthful physical devel? opment?a very trinity of essentials, each to be ucquired without sacrificing the others, and all necessary for the happi? ness of any community of people. Col. Aiken was frequently applauded by the audience during the delivery of his speech, which was presented in bis usual forcible and attractive style. The young ladies then furnished sev? eral pieces of both instrumental and vocal music, when Gen. Ayer delivered a short address, in. which his views on female education were set forth, aud which agree in the main with those ex? pressed in Col. Aiken's address. This address we will publish in a week or so. The music?both instrumental and vo? cal?rendered by the pupils during the evening was very goqo-.indeed, and re? flected credit upon both Mrs. Ayer, the accomplished teacher, and her pupils, who evinced thorough training and marked proficiency. With Gen. Ayer's address the exercises of the evening closed, and after thanking the audience for the good order preserved and the close attention given the exercises the General dismissed them. Although this school was established only the first of last year, the patronage it has received from this and other sec? tions of the State has boon very liberal, indeed, and assures its success and perm? anency beyond a doubt. The number of pupils in attendance during the session that has just closed reached eighty odd, a much larger number than was expec? ted before the opening of the session. As far as we know tho patrons of the school are well pleased with the system of instruction pursued by the faculty, as well as the discipline maintained. The Seminary supplies a long-felt want in Anderson, and we wish it every success possible._ Wllliuuiston Items. The work of the Pelzer Manufacturing Company is moving forward at a rapid rate; it will not be very long before we will hear the hum of machinery.Some' improvements are going on: Dr. Epting has put up a drug store; Dr. Brown is now erecting an office on his lot, and our town authorities are improving the spring park. .The festival which came oft some time since for raising funds for repairing the Male Academy, passed of very pleasantly, and cleared about thirty-six dollars. The young people have asked for another, and the Principal is thinking of having one on the 24th of June, as he has not yet raised sufficient funds for his purposes. Honca Path Items. Wheat and oats are very low, and inferior to last year's crop.Dr. T. A. Iludgons has a new patent Reaper that will serve a very great purpose In saving the small grain crop of this year. The Doctor exer? cises sound judgment in the agricultural as well as in the mercantile world.A Sun? day School has been recently organized in the Methodist Church here, under the su? pervision of Mr. A. T. Dunlap, a very ex? cellent and pious young man. He deserves success in his endeavors to devolop a deeper interest in the great Sunday School work .Mr. Golden Greer, an enterprising young farmer, had cotton squares by the 20th May.The Houea Path High School, under the auspices of Prof. Reed, is in a flourishing condition. Prof. Reed is of unquestionable competency, and deserves the liberal patronage of the people. J. S. M. Fair Play Correspondence. Wo bure had good rains, and the spirit* und hopes of our larmem have been raised a good deal bv them. There could not havo been a more favor? able spring for tba farmers than thin one has been, and should the seasons continue wc may look for a good bar vent this fall. The wheat and oat crops do not promi-c much in this immediate section. I have already stated iu your columns that this year's acreage in wheat and oats was much less than that of last year, and judging Irom present indications the yield per aero will bo very little. Our corn Is looking ve y well, indeed, but I am sorry to report that there is not much planted. Turn which way you please, and you see nothing but cotton, which threatens to become the only farm product of our country. This exclusive at? tention to col ton will provo very detrimental to our farming interests, and our farmers will soon And out that it will not do. It will not pay to raise corn for market, but it pays handsomely to raise enough for home consumption; aud tbo same can b" said of wheat. Barley pays better than any of the small grains, and you can And but very little growing in this section. It not only makes a good yield, but as a food in the green statt it is excolunt lor stock of any kind. I did act mean thus to run off from the subject of cotton, but, however, I hope your readers will not find it unprofitable to give the above a littla thought. Cotton Is looking remarkably well; in fact as well, if not better than I havo ever seen it look at this time of the year beforo It will re? quire quite as much as wc can mako to pay for our guano, corn, flour, bacon and the numerous other ihlcgs that wc have to buy away from home. Wc only have tbo trouble with it, and other pcopl* get tb? profits, Uur merchants claim to bo selling more goods than they desire?that is, on time. The cash trado at this season of the year is very light, and I guess for its size that Fair Play gets its full share. Stock raising is receiving considerable attention from some of our farmers since the passage of the stock law. Mr U. II. (ilenn has the Angora goats and a fine breed of sheep, and has ordered a tboro bred horse from Kentucky which will be here in a few days. Owing to tho scarcity of labor our pcoplo are turning their attention to immigration, and al? ready a number of families havo beeu broight to tliis county. This Is a step lu the right d;reutlon, since the prosperity of our State depends iu a great measure upon it. The Fair Play High School has been more flour? ishing this ytar than it has boau for some years past. The first term of this school will close Juno 10th, and the second term will begin on the first Monday In July. C. Sometimes a little assistance at the right time will enable the system to throw off an attack which might otherwise result in se? rious sickness. Ayer's-Pills should always be kept at hand, and promptly taken for the relief of slight ailments, before they be? come formidable diseases. Don't forget that the best patent SELF FASTENING TWIN BED SPRING, mak? ing the best Spring Bed in existence, made of the very best Besemcr steel wire, and warranted superior to any sold, is sold ex? clusively bv G. F. TOLLY. Price only THREE DOLLARS for forty-eight honest steel springs. Be sure to see those handsome Straw Hats at C. A. Read's, Agt., at and below N. Y. wholesale prices. Also his popular Sewing Machines. He has the best Buggies (Cook) in Anderson, and won't be undersold. If you feel had and all out of sorts, go to [ Wilhite's Drug Store, get a bottle of Sarsa parilla and Iodide Potassium, the great blood purifier, and be well again. BUGGIES!?Any person wanting a good vehicle should not fail to call on REED & STEPHENS, whose long experience ena? bles them to select the most reliable West? ern Buggies at lower prices than any one. Best stock of Hair, Cloth, Flesh and Nail I Brushes can be found ot Wilhite it Wilhite's Drug Store. Shew Music?A select stock of New Music and Music Books has just been re? ceived at the McSmith Music House. New songs, new marches, new waltzes, new Kolkas, &c. Over one hundred copies for eginners, comprising choice selections from the "Bee Hire," "Echoes jrom the Nursery," ''Recreation" and "Home Scenes." Not having sufficient room, it is impos? sible to keep a very large stock of sheet music, but we have recently issued a select catalogue of Sheet Music and Music Books, comprising choice selections from all publications extant, American and European, carefully collected, classified and arranged, with full description of each piece as to key, grade of difficulty and all other important characteristics, from which our customers can select. Catalogues given away or mailed upon application. McSmith Music House, 47-3 Greenville, S. C. Wilhite's Eye Water is a sure cure for sore eyes. Try it. Price 25c per bottle. Mothers ! Mothers I ! Mothers !!!? j Arc you disturbed at night and broken of your rest by a sick child suffering and cry? ing with the excruciating pain of cutting teeth ! If so, go at once and get a bottle of j Mus. Winblow'b Soothino 8ybup. It will relieve the poor little sufferer immediately ?depend upon it; there is no mistake about it. There is not a mother on earth who has ever used it, who will not tell you at once I that it will regulate the bowels, and give J rest to the mother, and relief and health to the child, operating like magic. It is per? fectly safe to use in all cases, and pleasant to the taste, and is the prescription of one of the oldest and best female- physicians and nurses in the United States. Sold everywhere. 25 cents a bottle. 15-ly It is Found at Last! Something New Under the Sun.?A new era is dawning upon woman. Hitherto she has been called upon to suffer the ills of mankind and her own besides. The frequent and distressing irregularities peculiar to her sex have long been to her the "direful spring of woes un? numbered." In the mansion of the rich and hovel of poverty a?ke woman has been the constant yet patient victim of a thou? sand ills unknown to man?and without a lemedy. "Oh Lord, how long!" in the a?,ony of her soul, hath she cried. But now the hour of her redemption is come. She will suffer no more, for Brcdfield's Female Regulator, "Woman's Best Friend," is prepared only by Dr. J. Bradfield, At? lanta, Ga., and sold at $1.50 per bottle by Wilhite & Wilhite, and Simpson, Reid & Co., Anderson, S. C. Messrs. Lamar, Rankin & Laruar : Gen? tlemen?My wife had been troubled for several months with Bronchitis, and du? ring that time tried nearly every thing im? aginable, without the slightest benefit. A friend of hers to whom I mentioned it, told me to get a bottle of Brewer's Lung Restorer, which I did, and less than one bottle cured her entirely. I will recom? mend it to all who are similarly affected. Yours very truly, N. C. Munroe. Macon, Ga., March 1st, 1830. Messrs. Lamar, Rankin it Lamar : Dear Sirs?I had frequent hemorrhage beforo using your Consumptive Cure, and hail been treated by Dr. Crowell Johnson and other skilled physicians without being re? lieved, and after using three bottles of your Brewer's Lung Restorer, the hemorrhage was stopped, and I have never had one since. I am now in better health than be? fore, and feel it my duty to state to the pub? lic the effects of your wonderful Consump? tive Cure on me. Yours truly, Mrs. E. G. Avant. Taylor County. This is to certify that I had Asthma for thirty-five years and used a great many dif? ferent kinds of medicines. Was treated by Dr. Holton five years without finding re? lief. I then used your Brewer's Lung Re? storer, and found in it a permanent cur Very truly yours, Z. J. Parks. Sold by Wilhite & Wilhite, Anderson, S. C._47-lni Edgepield, S. C, May 3, 1879. Dr. L. T. Hill: Dear Sir?Having tried Hill's Hepatic Panacea, and thoroughly tested its merits, I recommend it with the greatest confidence to the people, and be? speak for it admittance into every house? hold. It has given perfect satisfaction in my practice, and I leel assured the people will find it a healing "panacea" for all irregularities incident to the liver. I do not speak as one who has heard and seen not, but from my personal experience as a practicing physician. It should be kept in every household, and meet with that re? ception that its virtue and merits demand. I heartily endorse it as an effective liver regulator. Very truly yours, W. D. Jennings, M. D. For aale by Wilhite & Wilhite, Ander? son, S.C. m 47-lm Columbus, Ga., Jan. 17, 187S. Dr. C. J. Moffett: Dear Sir?Last sum? mer, when our little girl was teething, we tried a great number of prescriptions, but none of them relieved her. We finally had brought to our notice your Teethina (Teething Powders), and used them with the happiest result. They gave her a speedy and permanent relief. I very heartily recommend them to others. Yours very truly, G. R. Glenn, President Columbus Female College. Its speedy cures of Sores and Eruptions upon the Skin have been remarkable. Goidtiiwaite & Son, Druggists, Troy, Ala. For sale by Wilhite & Wilhite. 47 1-m The ingredients of the Kauquita Indian Worm Pellets are perfectly harmless. The principal ones have been gathered in the mountain forests of North America, and were used by the Red Man with great effi? cacy. For sale by Dr. T. A. Hudgens, Honea Path, Traynham <t Dial, Laurensville, Simp? son, Reid & Co. and Wilhite it Wilhite, An? derson. _ Cajsar had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell, and every cough and cold in this country will find a conqueror in Cous sen's Honey of Tar, the unrivalled cough medicine. "Prico 50c. White's Cream White Vermifuge is the best worm kiiler. For sale bv Wilhite & Wilhite. Anderson, S. C. " _>_ We would only ask you to try a sample box of the Kauquita Indian Worm Pellets to assure you that a long felt want has been supplied?that a worm specific has been dis? covered that is pleasant as well os effectual. Price, 10 and 25 centspcr box. For sule by Dr. T. A. Hudgens, Honea Path, Traynham & Dial, Laurensville, Simpson, Reid it Co. and Wilhito it Wilhite, Anderson. Sallie Sprigglna, one of our rural sisters, had her picture taken the other day, and the likeness was wonderful to behold, but no remedy like Portaline, or Tabler's Vege? table Liver Powder, has ever been prepared. It will cure you. Price 50c. White's Cream White Vermifuge is the best worm killer. For sale by Wilhite & Wilhite, Druggists, Anderson, S. C. A Cough, Cold or Sore Throat should be stopped. Neglect frequently results in an Incurable Lung Disease or Consumption. Brown's Bronchial Troches are certain to give relief in Asthma, Bronchitis, Coughs, Catarrh, Consumptive and Throat Diseases. For thirty years the Troches have been recommended by physicians, and always give perfect sat? isfaction. They are not new or untried, but having been testen by wide and constant use for nearly an entire generation, they have attained well-merited rank among the few staple remedies of the age. Public Speakers and Singers use them to clear and strengthen the Voice. Sold at twenty-five cents a box everywhere. ? 15-ly ARNSTEIN & ROSE Offer Tremendous Bargains in DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, HATS AND SHOES. LOW PRICES TRIUMPHANT! COme and See Us. Your Own Interest Demands It; Our Stock Is the Largest in the un-couutry and onr Prices arc the LOWEST ! JUST RECEIVED: 20 Pieces of Buy State Suitings at 10c. per yard ! 15 Pieces of Paris Melange Suitings at 121c. per yard. 00 Pieces of Fine Light Shade Dress Goods at 15c. per yard. 25 Pieces of Fashionable Buntings at 20c. per yard. 50 Pieces of Elegant Figured Lawns at 8ic. per yard. WHITE GOODS AND LINENS Are offered at a Great Sacrifice! We are determined to sell Cheaper than anybody else, and only ask an inspection of our IMMENSE STOCK to prove our broad claim as Leaders of Low Prices May 26, 1881 ARNSTEIN & ROSE, SPECIAL BARGAINS! FOR the next four weeks I will show the most SUR? PRISING BARGAINS I have ever offered. I invite perusal of below named Goods, with the assu? rance that every article there named will be sold at AC TU AL BARGAINS. My Stock was never so large, never so rich, never so popular as it will be this season: Great Bargains in Dress Goods, Great Bargains in Victoria Lawns, Great Bargains in White P K, Great Bargains in Colored Lawas, Great Bargains in Black Cashmeres, Great Bargains in Buntings, Great Bargaius in Dress Linen, Great Bargains in Table Damask, Great Bargains in Linen Towels, Great Bargains in Quilts, Great Bargains in Bleachings, Great Bargains in Bed Ticking, Great Bargains in 4-4 Sheeting, Great Bargains in Sea Island, Great Bargains in Hickory Shirting, Great Bargains in Cottonades, Great Bargains in Fancy Cassimeres Great Bargains in Curtain Lace, Great Bargains in Zephyr Shawls, Great Bargains in Parasols, Great Bargains in Fans, Great Bargains in Hosiery, Great Bargains in Corsets, Great Bargains in Ribbons, Great Bargains in Kid Gloves, Great Bargains in Lisle Glove*, Great Bargains in Ladies' Cravats, Great Bargains in Buttons, Great Bargains in Bk. and Col. Silk*, Great Bargains in Ladies' Hats, Great Bargains in Bonnet Flowers. Great Bargains in Laces, Great Bargains in Embroidery, Great Bargains in Clothing ! Great Bargains in Clothing ! Great Bargains in Clothing ! Great Bargains in Clothing ! Great Bargains in Shoes ! Great Bargains in Shoes ! Great Bargains in Shoes ! Great Bargains in Gents' Hats, Great Bargains in Gents' Shirt?; Great Bargains in Undershirts, Great Bargains in Genta' Collars, Great Bargains in Gent's Cravats, Great Bargains in Trunks, Great Bargains in Valises,' Great Bargains in Satchels. Absolute Bargains Throughout the Entire Stock. Thanks for the liberal patronage received, and hope for a continuance of the same. .A.. LESSER, May 12,1881 PARIS STORE STILL An Immense Stock of the Celebrated LOUIS COOK BUGGIES, PH/ETONS, &C. Now on hand and arriving. Will not be rndersold in any First Class work anywhere, and can furnish any style Vehicle you want. I STILL KEEP A LARGE STOCK OF First Class Sewing Machines of different kinds. MY STOCK OF SPRING HATS Is complete, having just received a lot of Sample Hats to be sold at WHOLESALE PRICES. Don't fail to call in and see them. Also, my stock of Groceries, Dry Goods, Hardware, Iron,' &c, very Cheap. C. A. REED, Agent. March 31, 1881 3$ f MISS LIZZIE WILLIAMS A PPRECIATING the patronage given her by the public, enters the Spring of 1881 with the hope of giving pleasure and profit to her customers. With usual care she has selected her? SPE.I1TG STOCK, And will do her best to please all by giviug The Latest Novelties and Newest Styles - FOR THE LEAST MONEY. p&- Be convinced by calling at the LADIES STORE. March -'4,1881 ?7 GUANO FOR 1881. THE undersigned begs leave to call attention to the fact that be now has a supply of the justly popular EUTAW G?A1V0 AND ACID PHOSPHATE, Which he will sell for cash or on cotton option. Terms of Guano on time, 400 pounds middling cotton, payable Nov. 1, 1881. Acid Phosphate, 350 pound?, payable at same date. In the State analysis the Eutaw stands at the head of the list. THE BEST GROCERIES Can always be hud by my customers at the lowest prices, and my stock of DRY GOODS Is in every respect first-class. They are kept replenished as the trade demands, and the prices are"as low as can be found anywhere in this market. I am now selling GENTS' CLOTHING AND LADIES' DRESS GOODS AT COST, FOR CASH, to make room for Spring stock. A full stock of HARDWARE, BOOTS, SHOES, HATS, CROCKERY and GLASSWARE, Will also be found by calling upon the undersigned at No. 10 Granite Row, Anderson.S.?J. W. F. BARR. Feb 3, 18S1 30 CALL ON BLECKLEY, BROWN & CO., ANDERSON C. H., S.C., AND BUY YOUR GOODS. Their stock is large, consisting of General Merchau chandisc, say? 40,000 pounds Meat, Five Car Loads Flour, Two Car Loads Corn, 2,000 Steel Plows, Piow Stocks, &c, ;>00 Handled and other Hoes, $3,.r)00 worth Mercy's Shoes. A large stock of Dry Goods, Groccrie.*. Hardware. Hats, Yankee Notions, Saddlery, Crockery ware, Tobacco, (fee, &c, always on hand. All of which we will sell as cheaply for Cash, or on a Credit to pood, reliable and prompt paying customers as can be bought any whore in this country. Wc arc still agents for the celebrated Wando Fertilizer and also for the I'ltcdmont Gnano, manufactured at Baltimore. Md., both of which are first-class manures. BLE('KI,KY, BROWN & CO. Feb 3,1881 20