The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, February 07, 1884, Image 4
A MATRIMONIAL CAMPAIGN.
The old village clock was striking
? .eight in its muffled, asthmatic nay, when
Mr. Blidgefield came up the garden path
with a paper of moist, brown sugar un?
der one arm, and a half a pound of
paraffine candles under the other.
On each side of him rose up plump
heads of cabbages, and blue-green
swamps of onions. A thrifty bop-vine
was waving its tassels against the porch
pillars, and a bed of parsley was growing
rankly by the gate. For Mr. Blidge?
field was a firm believer in the beauty of
utility.
In the days of his deceased wife there
had been a faint attempt at morning
glory vines, clove-pinks and Johnny
jumpers around the house, but Mr.
Blidgefield had soon settled that matter.
* "Fudge!" he had ruthlessly cried.
"They ain't good to neither stew for
cough-mixtures, nor to boil up for g;reens.
Looks? What do I care for looks?
Ain't a squash bloom every bit as pretty
as a marigold, I'd like, to know ? My
daughter must be brought up not to care
for empty show. I"
;?; And so all the wild, fantastic beauty
of nature had been narrowed down into
vegetable borders and potato patches,
and the' souls of the Blidgefield children
had been narrowed accordingly.
Money I. money! money 1 Thawas
the ^lotMr.- Blidgefield's idolatry.
He went to: church on Sunday, a ad sat
out the service in. his cushionles? 'pew,
but to him all that the choir sar g and
the preacher preached was?money 1
He attended the prayer-meetings punct?
ually,/or Jie was a member of the church,
but he never put more than a oopper
penny in the plate.
"If every man takes care of number
one," he said, with a hard compression of
his lignum trite lips, "the whole world
will be took care of!"
He rose up early to economise the
sunshine, and lay down late for fear of
wasting time. He kept a whole alma?
nac full of proverbs on the tip of his
tongue, and denounced ''shiftlessness as
if it were one of the seven cardinal sins."
Dancing was an instrument of tha Evil
One; novel reading was the . opening
wedge to Dante's Purgatori o. Anything
in the shape of innocent recreation was
a direct flying in the lace of Providence.
And the Blidgefield children grew up
gaunt, careworn and prematurely old
under this system of training.
Mr. Blidge?eld'a first wife had drop?
ped quietly anil obscurely-into her gravels
before any one fairly comprehended that
Bhe was not in high health. Hard work
and a relentlens taskmaster had fairly j
worried her out of the world. And all
the neighborhood marveled when, ten
years afterward, Nancy. Bloom married
the widower.
Nancy was the village school-teacher
?a bright-eyed, buxom young woman of
twenty-eight or thirty. She had taken a
fancy to the little Blidgefields, and she
was tired of teaching and wanted a
home.
"You'll find Ben Blidgefield a hard
nut to crack,'.' said the neighbors, warn
ingly., ? v-..
?EU risk it," Nancy had cheerily re?
plied.
And so she married.Mr. Blidgefield,
and went to tue farm house to live.
The six young Blidgefields- had been
told that a stepmother was a fearful
tiling, but to their surprise, they found
Mrs. Blidgefield Number Two a positive
revelation c^a^fgttt.
"She showed me how to boil molasses
candy, with hickory-nuta chopped up in
it," saidSSimeon, a weird chUd of eleven,
who was popularly supposed to be ignor?
ant even of the motion of a humming
top. .
"She gave me apple-sass on my bread,"
whispered Marion, the next.
"We're to have pie : every day,"
chuckled M?sts, who liked - good things
to eat and drink.
s"And I'm tc lay up the berry money
for a blue muslin frock all of my own,"
added Adeline, who had never worn any?
thing buc her mother's faded old calico
gowns scantly cut over.
"I'm to have a bran fired new tool-chest
if I raise the red heifer calf," exulted
George, the tallest boy.
And Leroy, the eldest, who had been
sqolded, snubbed, and kept down all his
life, felt, with a thrill of happiness, that
his new stepmother secretly sympathized
with his efforts to rise in the world.
"Now she's here," thought Leroy, "I
feel as if I could do most anything."
Mr. Blidgefield had scarcely been
married a week, when be c m home on
this raw rainy August night, with the
pack of groceries under his arms, and a
dissatisfied frown between his brows.
"Two candles," he said, peeping
gloomily under the hem of the ball
fringed window curtain. "And chicken
for supper?and apple-sass, and cheese I
And every one settin' round, and nobody
doin'nowork. This won't do. Nancy
must learn better than this 1"
He opened the door and walked grim?
ly in.
A dead sileoce fell upon the children
at the wet-blanketing apparition oi
"father."
But Nancy looked cheerfully up,
"You'relate,aren't you, Benjamin?"
said she.
"What's this?" said Mr. Blidgefield,
ignoring her query, as be glared around.
"It's supper," said Nancy, "Sit down,
my dear, and help yourself."
"Chicken!" croaked the farmer; "and
spring chicken at that, wheu they're a
fetchen' sixty cents a pair at the hotel I
Sweet cake, sass, and the best knives!
Moses I put them fowls back in the cup?
board. There's plenty 'cold pork left
from yesterday, I calculate. A'liay
blow out one o' them candles! The way
we burn candles, is redick'lous; and
store candles, too 1 Why we never
thought o' usin' anything but dip can?
dies when?"
"Moses, let the chickens alone," said
Mrs. Blidgefield, in soft beliderate ac?
cents. "Adeline, don't meddle with the
candle."
"What 1" roared Mr. Blidgefield, bang?
ing the bag of sugar down on the table
and rattling the candles beside them like
a small pack of artillery.
"I thought you had perhaps forgotten
that I am the -housekeeper here," said
Nancy.
The children turned as mahy colors as
the rainbow; Moses, who was constitu?
tional nervous, got behind his stepmoth?
er ; Simeon edged a little nearer to the
poker; Marion swallowed her last morsel
of cake with so much precipitation aa to
nearly choke herself; Adeliua began to
sob and snivel under her breath.
"Mrs. Blidgefield," said the irate far?
mer, "will you be so good as to explain
yourself?"
"Ob, certainly I" said the late Miss
Nancy Bloom. "As long as I am mis?
tress here. I intend to consult my own
inclinations. I shall undertake to give
you good food, and to keep yourself and
your children comfortably clothed, but I
shall choose my own method of doing
it."
"Madam," said Mr. Blidgefield, loos?
ening the folds of his cravat, as if there
came an apoplectic pressure there, ''you
will obey me, or you will leave my
house!"
"Oh, no; I guess not!" said Nancy,
serenely.? "It's my house now. You put
it in my name, the day after we were mar?
ried to escape 'taxation. But you were
mistaken then. I intend to pay the tax?
es regularly on. it myself. It is no part
of my policy to evade my just debts.
And I've money enough, saved from
school teaching, to run the farm very
nicely, with the . help of Lerby and
George."
"They shan't stay here 1" shouted Mr.
Blidgefield, the veins starting out on his
temples like ragged a whip-cord.
"Of course they are at liberty to take
their own choice about that," said Nan?
cy, calmly.
"Ill stay with you, stepmother," said
George and Leroy, in one breath of chi v
alric eagerness.
"So'll 11" squeaked Simeon.
And the three girls clung, with aaser
vations of the fondest affection, around
Nancy.
Mr. Blidgefield eyed the tableau with
impotent rage. Mrs Blidgefield smiled
superior.
"Now, Ben," said she, in the coaxing,
tone with which one cajoles a little child,
"don't bo a fool! You know, perfectly
well that you are in the minority. If
you . choose to stay here and conduct
years elf as a decent Christian man
should, I'll do my very best to make
your home pleasant. If not?"
"Weil?? shouted Mr. Blidgefield, still
tugging at his cravat folds.
"Well, madam, and what then ?"
"Why, then," said Nancy, composedly,
you can go about your business."
Mr. Blidgefield remained to contest
the matter no longer. He strode out of
the house, banging the door behind him,
by way of parting benediction.
"Fll consult a lawyer," said he, "I'll
get a divorce. I never, never was so
treated before in the whole course of my
life!"
He consulted a lawyer, but the verdict
was not favorably to his side of the mat?
ter. He remained outside of the fortress
for a week, vainly lipping that Mrs.:
Blidgefield and the garrison would capi?
tulate.
But they didn't. And then be lower?
ed bis own colors. Nancy had been too
much for him. 1 <
But she never twitted him with his 1
lack of success. She only smiled a gra?
cious welcome. j
"And I must confess," he afterward
added, "that I never was so comfortable
afore as Nancy makes me." .
The children?poor souls I?said the
same thing. Their stepmother had
brought a new sunshine in the dreary old
farm house. She had even civilized their
father, in some degree.
And the neighbors all wondered how
it was that Nancy Bloom got along so
nicely with that old crab of a husband of j
hers.
A Woman Tells Her Husband About a
Hew Society,
"We're bound to be equal to you men, J
said the Mason's wife; "we formed a se?
cret society of our own last night."
"Indeed ?" said the worshipful master,
composedly; "then I hope, my dear,
your project will be successful. Is it a
benevolent society or what ?"
"That's none of your business. It's a
secret society, and we have sworn by sol?
emn oath not to divulge anything rela?
ting to it."
"Very good, my dear," observed the
worshipful master, returning to his paper ;
"I'm sure I do not wish you to violate
your oath."
"It wouldn't matter if you did, I
wouldn't. You keep your secrets close
enough?and to think of that stupid Mrs.
Furbelow ! She could recollect neither
the grip nor the sign. It took us an hour
to teach her. When I gave her the sign
she would make this way, ha 1 ha ! Her
stupidity would have been exasperating
if it hadn't been ridiculous, and as for
learning the grip, why, she would have
it that it was this way?give me your
hand a minute?there, she would have it
that way, while it is this way, and the
password! she couldn't keep it in her
mind for two minutes. Over and over
again I told her it was 'be just and fear
not,' and she would have it 'swear not at
all/ or 'do unto others as you would he
done by,' ha! ha! We almost despaired
of getting it through her head. But we
managed to make her understand at last.
Oh, yes, we ate going to have a flourish?
ing society, and we can be as secret about
it as you men can be about yours."?New
York Morning Journal.
Read an Hour a Bay.
There was a lad who at 14 was appren?
ticed to a soap boiler. One of his resolu?
tions was to read an hour a day, or at
least at tbr.t rate, and he limed himself
by an old silver watch left by his uncle.
He stayed seven years with his master,
and when he was 21 be knew as much as
the young squire. Now let us see how
much time be had to read in seven years,
at the rate of one hour each day. It
would be 1,555 hours, which at the rate
of eight reading hours per day would be
equal to three hundred and ten days;
equal to forty-five weeks; equal to eleven
months?nearly a year. That time spent
in treasuring up useful knowledge would
pile up a very large store. I am sure it
is worth trying for. Begin now. Do
what you can. In after years you will
look back upon the task as the most
pleasant and profitable you ever per?
formed. *
A Cnre for Pride.
An old man who had for years done
much for the cause of temperance, was
found lying by the roadside the other
day in a state of intoxication. He was
drawn up before a committee of the so?
ciety and asked to show cause why he
should not be expelled.
"I acknowledge that I was drunk,
brethren, and I've got a mighty good
reason for it."
"Family trouble ?" asked thechairman
of the committee. '
"No, sir, for I've had no trouble. It
was pride."
"Pride I" exclaimed thechairman.
"Yes, pride. As I went along to town
I met a drunken fellow, and I began to
think well of myself because I had never
been drunk. Pretty soon I began to feel
proud of it. A little further on I met
an ordinary lookin' feller an' would not
?peak to him. My neck got so stiff with
my pride that I wouldn't even nod to
people. I reflected that my pride was
wicked, and I tried and tried, but could
not throw it off. I tried to pray, but was
a little too proud to pray with fervor.
'This won't do,' I.mused. 'I am getting
to be a regular Pharisee.' After walkin'
round awhile I met an old negro an'
asked :
" 'Uncle, can you tell me how to throw
off my pride ?'
" 'Dat I ken, sah; dat I ken.'
" 'Well, I wish you would, for to con?
tinue in this proud way will be danger?
ous to my soul.'
" 'Wall, dar's one thing dat neber fails
ter knock down a man's pride, boss, an'
dat is whisky. Get drunk, an' when yer
gets sober yer'll feel mightily 'miliated.'
"I acted on this suggestion, an' got as
drunk as a?well, as an owl, though I
never saw an owl drunk. When I got
sober I was the most humiliated man in
the world."?Arkanaaw Traveler.
Forest Preservation.
Senator Sherman's bill" for the preser?
vation of the woods and forests of the
national domain adjacent to the sources of
navigable rivers and their affluents is a
measure which deserves the most favora?
ble consideration. Whether the amount
of rainfall in a country is affected by the
extent and distribution of its woodlands
is a disputed question ; but there is a
practically unanimous agreement
that the existence of exten?
sive woodlands around the sources of
streams tend to equr'ze their flow, while
their absence conduces to sudden floods
after every considerable rain and to a
very low stage of water during periods of
drouth. The effects of the forest are to
prevent evaporation and to furnish a leafy
carpet which absorbs a great amount of
moisture, causing it tb percolate slowly
through the soil below and feed the
springs instead of flowing rapidly off in
muddy rille and rivulets to swell the
creeks and rivers.
In the State of New York there is at
present an earnest agitation in favor of
purchasing extensive tracts of forest in
the Adirondeck Mountains with a view
to protecting the sources of the Hudson
and Erie Canal. The very lands which
it is now proposed that the State shall
buy at a cost of several million dollars,
and which it apparently will have to buy
in order to protect its navigable waters,
were formerly sold by it to individuals
for a few cents per acre. The bill of Mr.
Sherman to withhold from sale the for?
est lands around the sources of our West?
ern rivers will, if adopted, preserve our
National Government from a similar un
business like proceeding.
In Ills Element.
They met on the crowded avenue in
front of the city hall. One was a young
man of about twenty-two, the other a
man about sixty years old. One lives in
the northern part of the State, the other
in the southern. JFate had brought them
together. There was nothing cordial in
the meeting. They didn't cry out "Put
it tbar!" and pump-handle each other
like a couple of old friends. On the
I contrary, the young man grew red in the
j face and breathed hard and stammcrred
out:
"Ten years ago I went to school to
you!"
"Yes, you did I" was the calm reply.
"And one day you licked me almost to
death for an offence committed by anoth?
er boy I"
"Well, you were always in need of a
licking."
"And I swore," continued the young
man, "aye, I registered a vow, that if
ever I met you after I had grown up I
would have my revenge ! Prepare to be
pounded to a lifeless mass 1"
"I'm prepared," replied the old school?
master, as he spit on his hands, and in
a minute the fun was raging. The
young man rushed upon him with a
war-whoop, but bis nose struck some?
thing and he fell down. He got up and
rushed again, and this time he was flung
down, rolled over, stepped on and left
with a number of loose teeth and a
spitting headache. The police took him
in, but when they came to hunt for the
old man he was across the street trying
to pin up a reut in bis coat and saying
to some of his friends:
"Ah lit brings back all the memories
of the old red school-house to get my
bands on an unruly pupil in the first
reader class again ?"
Did She Die 1
"No; she lingered and suffered along,
pining away all the time for years, the
doctors doing her no good; Und at last
was cured by this Hop Bitters the papers
say so much about. Indeed! indeed I
how thankful we should be for that med
cine."
? It is only s, coward who reproaches
as a dishonor the love a woman has cher?
ished for him, since she cannot retaliate
by making a dishonor of his love for her.
? James Braton, an elderly man liv?
ing near Cherokee Springs, Spartanburg
County, was found dead, sitting up
against a tree in the woods on Sunday,
the 13th inst. He had left his house a
day or two before for the purpose of fish?
ing and never returned. The cause of
his death is ' uknown.
"Roufh on Couglig."
Knocks a Cough or Cold endwise. For
children or adults. Troches; 15c. Liquid,
50c. At druggists. i
A Practical Young Woman,
"One word," she said, "before we
part," and her bright eyes glowed in the
mellow light of the turued down lamp.
"Are you sincere ?"
"I am sincere," he replied, in 7.oues
whose truthfulness could not be doubted
by any one safe the most confirmed pes?
simist.
"Then you cannot give me a palace by
Lake Como?" and she .joked into his
eyes as if she would read his inmost
soul.
"I cannot," he answered.
"Not even a brown stone front ?"
"No." There was a wonderful firm?
ness, a don't-you-forget-it-ness iu the
tone in which this momentous monosyl?
lable was spoken.
"Not even a cottage in the suburbs?"
"Not even that, darling." There was
an anguish in his accents that indicated
a mind wholly given up to the gnawing
inroads of a Bharp toothed despair.
"What can you offer me then'?" she
asked, "what can you offer me as an in?
centive to induce me to become your
bride?"
"A share in eeven dollars a week, with
a prospect of a rise next spring." He
said this with all the deep conviction of
a man who knows just how he stands. ,
"It is sufficient," she said, with a ra?
diant 3mile; "I am yours, Algernon. A
half loaf is better than no bread."?Som
erville Journal.
Estranged for Ten Years,
Uriah Wales has been a member of the
Free Christian Church at Coal ton, Pa.,
for nearly thirty years, and was a class
leader and exhorter. His wife was not a
communicant, and frequently ridiculed
her husband's euthusiasra in his religion.
Ten years ago he told her he would not
speak to her again until she bad seen her
error and experienced religion. He
kept his word, and the couple never ex?
changed a word until last week. All
communication between them was con?
ducted through a son. Early in the
present month revival of religion be?
gan in the church. Mrs. Wales was
converted last week.. Her husband on
Thursday evening arose in churjch, and
said that he had been a widower for over
ten years, but that "now he thanked God
he had a wife." Mrs. Wales created a
sensation by rising in bur scat and say?
ing that she did not believe a man who
was truly religious could deliberately
ignore his wife for ten years, and asked
that special prayers be offered for the
conversion of her husband. She then
turned to him and said :
"Uriah, get on your knees, ask forgive?
ness for your sins and bo awakened to
the error of your way. I will lead you
to the Lord myself."
She walked toward the seat where he
was sitting. He arose hurriedly and
went out of the church. Since then he
has not been seen and no traces of him
can be found.
A Hunter's Predicament.
Savannah, Ga., January 28.?A-sin?
gular case of physical endurance occur?
red in Bibb County on Wednesday.
Charley Evans went hunting. During
his walk he found a rabbit, which ran
into a hollow Rtump ten feet high. He
could not reach the game. He climbed
to the top of the stump, and as he did so
his left arm became fastened in a split
near the top, so that he was held fast.
In attempting to extricate himself he
slipped and was held suspended by the
I wrist. He could not possibly looBeo
himself. He called for help, but, being
some distance from any house, he was
not heard. Seeing no hope of relief, he
made up bis mind to cut his throat. He
got bis knife from his pocket, opened it
with his teeth, and was in the act of put?
ting it into his neck when bis fortitude
gave way. Baring bis arm, he felt for
the elbow joint and made a deep incis?
ion in the flesh tor the purpose of sever?
ing bis arm, and thereby affecting his re?
lease. He missed the joint and made
several gashes in bis arm in trying to find
it. Under mental and physical pain he
fainted. His muscles became relaxed,
and he dropped to the ground. When
he recovered be walked to his house.
bp?? ?' tm "-?-I
SEEK
health and avoid sickness.
Instead of feeling tired and
worn out, instead of aches
and pains, wouldn't you
rather feel fresh and strong?
You can continue feeling
miserable and good for no?
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self can find fault, but if you
are tired of that kind of life,
you can change it if you
choose.
How? By getting one
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Mansfield, Ohio, Nov. 26,1881.
Gentlemen:?1 have suffered-vith
pain in my side and hack, and err.-.:
soreness on my breast, v.-ith shorn
ing pains all through my hody, at?
tended with great weakness, depres?
sion of spirits, and loss of appe?
tite. I have taken several different
medicines, and was treated by prom?
inent physicians for my liver, kid?
neys, and spleen, hut I cot no relief.
I thought I would try Brown's Iron
Bitters; I have now taken one bottle
and a half and am about well?pain
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all out of my brc.ist, and I hare a
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John K. Allcndch.
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Weakness, and relieve
Lung and Kidney f!i .
TO THE PUBLIC.
IHAVE more Goods than I need, and
being satisfied that the prices and qual?
ity will compare favorably with any in tho
city, I ask an inspection of my stock before
you buy. A. B. TOWERS.
Nov 20, 1883 20
wiiall V/o Let the Child Die?
A hard-hearted political economist, looking at a pale and puny child
feebly gasping as it lies upon a pillow, says that the child might as well
die. It is so weak and poor that its life will never be worth much anyhow.
There are already a good many people in the world who are of not much
account anyhow. And what's the use of adding to their number another
weakling, who has but slender chance of ever amounting to anything?
Now ask that child's mother what she thinks about letting the child
die. About this time the hard political economist had better get out of
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be found that will save that child, the child shall not die/ I'll spend my last
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ICE FEELS LIKE A IVEW MAST.
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COURT OF COMMON PJ-J2AS.
UrsleyS. Tucker, Plaintiff, against Harrison Tuck?
er, John l\ Tucker, Lucy Catict, John James
Tucker, Nancy Gray, John G. Hall, Leanna JIall,
Ezcklcl Hall.Jr., R.'D, Hall, F.lj^t Gailey, Fran?
ces Siarks, Marietta Cowan, Savannah Roc, El
kansie funk, Essie Wliartoo, Sail ie Hamilton,
R. P. Clinkscales, William Clinkscales, Sebastian
Clinkscales, Baxter Clinkscales, I!. T. Gray,
Mary McDaniel. Polly Hail. William Hall, Ji?
sey frail. Sallie Boyd, Elizabeth Elb ridge, Wash?
ington Hall, Davis Hail, Ilaimali Barnes, Ella
Hall, William Newell, X. J. Newell, S.S. Newell,
Jane Moore, Hannah Price, LucindaTate, John
James Tucker, Elhcrliudu Burton, Hannah
Brown Tucker, Rhoda Bishop, .Mary Tucker,
Nancy Tucker, Rebecca Tucker and Jane Tucker,
Defendants.?Summons for Relief?Complaint Ser?
ved.
To the Defendants Harrison Tucker, John P.Tuck?
er, Lucy Catlelt, John James Tucker, Nancy
Cray. John G. Hall, Leanna Hall, E/.ekiell Hall,
jr., B. D. Hall, Eliza Gailey, Prances Starks,
Marietta Cowan, Savannah Roe, Elkansic Cook,
Essie Wharton, Sallie Hamilton. R. P. Clink
scales, William Clinkscales, Sebastian Clink?
scales, Baxter Clinkscales, B. T. Gray. Mary Mc?
Daniel, Polly Hall. William Hall, Jinscy Hall,
Sallie Boyd, Elizabeth Ethridge, Washington
Hall, Davis Hall. Hannah Barnes. Ella Hall,
William Newell, X. J. Newell; S. S. Newell, Jane
Moore, Hannah Price, Lucinda T?te, John
James Tucker, Etlicrlfnda Burton, Hannah
Brown Tucker, Rhoda Bishop, Mary Tucker,
Nancy Tucker, Rebecca Tucker and Jano Tuck?
er :
YOU are hereby summoned *nd required to an?
swer the complaint in this action, a copy of
which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a
copy of your answer to the said complaint on tho
subscribers at their offlce, Anderion C. If., .S. C,
within tweuty days after the service hereof, ex?
clusive of the day of such service; and if you fail
to answer the complaint within the tinio afore?
said, the plaintiff in this action will apply to the
Court for the relief demanded in the complaint.
Dated at Anderson, S. C January 11, A. D. 18S-I.
MURRAY, ?REAZEAI.E ? MURRAY,
PlaintilPs Attorney.
[3EAt] JollS W. DaMKI.S, c.c.p.
To the above named Dcfcndrnts :
Take notice that the complaint in this action,
toge'her with the Summons, of which tho forego?
ing is a copy, was tiled in the office of the Clerk of
the Court of Common Picas, at Anderson C. II.,
S. C, in the County of Anderson, in the Stale of
South Carolina, on the l iih day of January, A. D.
18S1, ami that the object of the action is to obtain
a partition of the K'-ttl rotate of Dejarnett TuckT,
deceased, situate in the County of Anderson,
State of South Carolina, and for an accounting to
the plaintiU' for services rendered the said Dejar
netI Tucker in his life-time, .,nd other Itidchtcd
ness. aud forservices rendered Sarah Tucker, dc
ceascd, during her lifc-tiinc, and other indebted?
ness ; or lor a sale of the premises, in case a parti?
tion cannot be had without prejudice to the inter?
est of the owners, and a division of the proceeds.
January 14th, IS8J.
MURRAY, BREAZEALE A MURRAY,
Plaintiff's Attorneys.
[seal] John W. Danii:i>,c.c.i?.
Jan 21, lsst_'JS _C _
THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OP ANDERSON.
TRIAL JUSTICE'S COURT.
Salina T.Stribllng, Plaintiff, against A. H.Hall,
Defendant.??Summons /or Relief?Complaint not
Served.
To the Defendant A. II. Hall:
"XTOXJ are hereby summoned and required to an
X swer the Complaint in this action, a copy of
which ii filed in the office of J. K. Breazeale,
Trial Justice, at Anderson C. II., S. C, and to
serve a copy-of.your answer on the subscriber nt
his office, Anderson C. II., S. C. within twenty
days aft) r the service hereof, exclusive of Hie day
of such service; ami if you fail to answer the
complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaint iff
in this action will be granted the relief demanded
in the complaint.
Dated Jan. KSrd, A. D. ISSi.
J. Ii. BREAZEAI.E,
Trial Justice Anderson t oiinty.
To the above named Defendant :
Take notice thai the complaint in this action
was filed in my office on the l.ltbday of December,
IStO, mid is for services rendered during tho years !
l.ss'J and iss::, aniotinting lo the sum of filly dol?
lars. J. E. BREAZEALE,
Trial Justice Anderson County.
Jan 2-1, ISSI 2S
BEAUTIFY YOUR HOME, j
Anew lot of WALL PAPER und Bor- |
ilcring, just received, by
A. ?. TOWERS.
Nor 18?! 2?
C. BART & CO.,
CHARLESTON,!8. C,
milB LARGEST IMPORTERS OF?
FRUIT
In the South, offer for sale n well selected
Stock of?
Apples, Oranges, Bananas,
Coconuuts, Lemons, Raisin.-,
Nuts, Dried Figs,
Potatoes, Cabbages,
Onions, Peanuts,
And everything else that a First Class
Fruit House should have.
_Nov8, 1883 _17 6ra
THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF ANDERSON.
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
A. II. Ford, Plaintiff; against N. E. Uaillard, C L.
Uaillard and \V\ P. Moore, Defendants.?Sum?
mons for Relic/?Complaint not Served.
To the Defendants N. E. Gaillard and C. L. Gall
lard :
YOU are hereby summoned and required to an?
swer the complaint, in this action, which
is li led in tho office of the Clerk of the Court
of Common Pleas at Anderson C. II., S. C., and to
serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint
on the subscriber at his office, Anderson C. H.,
S. C , within twenty days after the service horeof,
exclusive of the day of such service; and if you
fail to answer the' complaint within the time
aforesaid, the plaintiff in this action will apply to
the Court for the relief demanded in the com?
plaint.
Dated January Sth, A. D. 1*84.
II. li. SCUD PAY,
Plaintiff's Attorney.
[Seal.] John W. Daniels. C. C. P.
To the Defendants above named :
Take notice that the Complaint in this action
was tiled in the Clerk's office, Anderson, S. C, on
the nth January, 1884, to obtain a foreclosure and
sale of two Mortgages on the Real Estate described
therein, executed by you tu the Plaintiff, and now
on record in said office.
H. C. SCUD DAY, Plaintiff's Attorney.
Jan 10, 1SS4 20 (5
QTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
JO Anderson County
By Thomas 0. Ligon, Judge of Prolate.
WHEREAS, W. P. Cook has ap?
plied to me to grant him letters of Ad?
ministration on the Personal Estate of
Eliza Neal, deceased.
Those are therefore to cite and admon?
ish all kindred and creditors of tho said
Eliza Neal, deceased, to bo nnd ap?
pear before me in Court of Probuto to be
held nt Anderson Court House, on the
I l?tli day of February, 18S4, alter publiea
i lion hereof to shew cause, if auy they
I have, why tho said administration should
not bo granted. Given under my hand
this 'J.Hh dav of Januarv, 18S4.
T. 0. LIGON, J. P.
Jan 31, 1SS4 29 2*
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T?TE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
Anderson County.
By Thos. C. Ligon, Judge of Probate.
WHEREAS, Maggie A. Elrod has
applied to mo to grant her letters of Ad?
ministration on the Estate nnd effects of
Dr. H. H. Elrod, deceased.
These are therefore to cite and admon?
ish till kindred and creditors of tho said
Dr. II. li. Elrod, deceased, to bo and ap
poar before mein Court of Probate, to
be hold at Anderson Court House, on
the 18th day of February, 1SS4. after pub?
lication horeoi, to shew cause, if any they
have, why tho said administration
should not be granted.
Given under my hand this 29th day of
January, 1884.
T. C. LIGON, J. P.
Jan 31,1884 29 2*
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Administrators,
Executors, Guardians,
and Trustees.
ALL Administrators, Executors; Guar?
dini)* and Trustees are hereby notified
to make their Annual Returns to this office
during the month of January, as required
hv law.
THOS. C LIGON,
Judge of Probate.
Jan 3. 18*4 25 4
FIRE INSURANCE.
OUT HOUSES,
SAW, WHEAT AND CORN MILLS,
STORES, DWELLINGS,
MERCHANDISE and
FARM PEOPETY,
Insured in First Class Companies!
(CONTINENTAL Insurance Company of
j New Yck.
Liverpool and London and Olobe Insu?
rance Company.
North British and Mercantile Insurance
Company.
Phoenix Assurance Company of London.
Standard Fire Office of London.
Crescent Insurance Company of New
Orleans.
Rochester German Insurance Company
of New York.
Representing the above Companies I will
give attention to all business offering.
For information address me at Pelzer,
S C.
WILLIAM G. WHILDEN,
Special Agent and Adjuster of Losses.
Agents of the Continental Insurance
Company in Anderson County :
A. B. Towers, Anderson C. H.
W. F. Cox. Belton. '
L. W. Tribhle, Honea Path.
B. E. Seaborn, Pendleton.
Aug 23, 1883_G_
BUCKINGHAM WHISKEY.
A REALLY PURE STIMULANT.
THIS WHISKEY" is controlled entirely
by VEX ABLE & HEYMAN, New
York. It is distilled in Maryland in the
slate water regions of that State from the
small grain grown there. The distillation
is superintended by a gentleman who
thoroughly understands his business.
Nothing deleterious is permitted to enter
into its composition, and none of it is al?
lowed to be sold until fully three years old,
in order that it may be on tire! y free by
evaporation from fusel oil. Venable &
Heyman offer these goods as perfectly pure,
to fill a long felt want for medical purpo?
ses. It is their own brand, and they stake
their reputation on the truth of this asser?
tion.
For sale exclusively at Anderson, S. C,
byD. O'?onnell, John O'Donnell, Palate
Saloon, S. T. Craig & Co., M. D. Kennedy.
F. W. SINDORF,
Charleston, S. C,
Wholesale Agent for South Carolina.
Oct. 18, 1883 14 3m
BOOTS, SHOES, JEANS.
THE weather is now getting cold. If
you want the best Boots, Shoes and
Jeans, at low prices, call on
A. B. TOWERS.
Nov 20,1883 20
POTJTZ'S
HORSE AND CATTLE POWDER
Jto Horse will file of four. IWs ?- I.rve
vkh, If Fonts*! Powders are used In time.
Foutz's Powders will rare snri prevent Hon < no mi:*.
F?ritz'? Powders will pre\f>i;i Kapk* ix Fowls.
Foou'r Powders will Inerc:!-'' Hie quantity of milk
and cream twenty per erat., snri n iV. the butter f.rm
and sweet.
Font* n Powders will mrc nr i?r?vi nt *!iii<Mt kvkbt
PtSKAKr to Wlilcli Horse* and :irr subject.
FODTZ'8 POWDIBS WIU 01 vt SATISFACTION.
Bold everywhere.
DAVID r. TOT7TZ, Proprietor.
DALTTZIOHE.MD.
For sale, wholesale,[aud retail, bv W??
hlte & Wilhite, Anderson, S. C.
Jan S, 18S4 25 ly
H
Hats and Caps.
ATS and Caps, Trunks, Satchels and
Valises.
CROCKERY and GLASSWARE.
A full line of Hardware, and Cutlery.
-ALSO,
A beautiful line of Wall Papering, Border?
ing, and Canvass. Buggy and hand Um?
brellas, all for sale low bv
A*. B. TOWERS.
Sept 27, 1SS3 11
?Q3 AND BEAST.
:?: r noro than ft third of a centary the
: j::ionuM'.istAJigLinimenthasbeen
?town to millions all over the world as
a mly sofo rcUanoe for the relief of
?.-i !cat9 and pain. It is a medicine
?>':-.70 prlco und praise?the best of lu
lath For ovory form of external pain
Lfnstong Liniment is without an equal.
11 >o-ic tr?teh ficall and muscle to |
Very bono?m airing the continu
an'30 of pain and imlammation impoe
r :;)lo. Its effects upon Human Flesh and
: iinito Creation are equally wonder-1
ml. Tho llezican
Liniment Is needed by somebody In
every house. Every day brings news of
tho agony of in awful scald or burn
subdued, of rheumatic martyr a re?
stored, or a valuable hone or ox
saved by tho healing power of this
LINIMENT
which speedily cures such ailments of
tho HUMAN FLESH as
Rheumatism, Swellings, Stiff
Joints, Contracted Muscles, Burns
and Scalds, Cuts, Bruises and
Sprains, Poisonous Bites and
SUngs, Stl?hess, lameness. Old
Sores, Ulcers, Frostbites, Chilblains,
Sore Bipples, Caked Breast, stud
indeed every form of external dis?
ease, ft heal* without sours. ?
For the Bncrzs Ceeatios it cares -
Sprains, Swinny. Stiff Joints,
Founder, Karuess Sores, Hoof Bis?
eases, Foot Bot, Screw Worm, Scab,
Hollow Horn, Scratches, YVind
Salls, Spavin, Thrush, Hing bone,
Id Sores, Foil Evil, Film upon
the Sight and every other ailment
to which tbo occupants of the
Stable and Stock Yard are liable.
The Mexican Mustang Liniment
always cores and nover disappoints;
and ft la, positively,
BEST
OF ALL
?0B OB BEAST,
Mexican Mustang Linment for sale by
Wilhite & Wilhite. Anderson S. C.
TWENTY POLLARS.
THE PENNSYLVANIA^"^
Singer Machine is the best SINGER
EVER MADE.
--SPSS* DROP LEAF, TWO
??-'?????* large drawers, fancy cover
^ with eastors on stand, and
1 winds the bobbins without
running the Machine, for
$20.00. . Remember, we
send tho Machine to he
examined before paying
anything upon it. Every
Machine fully warranted
Address
WILLETS <fc CO.,
29?iy Philadelphia, Pa.
for five years.
Feb 25
ON 30 DAYS' TSIAL.
THE VOLTAIC BELT CO., Marshall. Mich.,
will scud Dr. Dye's Celebrated Electro
Voltaic Belts and Electric Appliance* on
triiil l'or 30days to men ivbuhi; or old) who are
afflicted with Nervo ua Debility, LoBt Vitality
and liindred tro ublos, guaranteeing speedy
and complete resto ration of health and manly
vigor. Address as shore.?-H. 11.?No risk is in
c?p|^d, aa^e days'trial is afrowefl.
GERMAN KAIMT
And other Fertilizers,
-TONS GENUINE German Kai?
mt?direct importation?and all other Fer?
tilizers, for sale by
HERMANN BULWINKLE,
Korx'a Wharf, Charleston, S. C.
Jan 3,1884_25_3m
IMPORTANT
TO EVERY ONE.
MB. IL. E. NOBBYCE, General
Traveling Agent ot Messrs. Ludden
& Rates, is stationod with headquarters at
Anderson, S. C., and will take pleasure in
visit ius personally all persons in the
upper part of this State and the bordering
Counties of Georgia who de?ire to purchase
a~ PIANO OR ORGAN.
He represents TEN of tho LEADING
MANUFACTORIES of the World, and
cannot fail to please.
Better satisfaction can be had in tho se?
lection of an Instrument, and considerable
expense saved by consulting him personally
in your own home,
Do not purchase without dropping him
a card at Anderson, S. C, which ho will
answer either personally or by letter, as
SOLID SHOT AGAINST
Blood Poison!
Atlanta, Ga., April 17, 1633.
In ' t; i -i i rVrfti rif a tcrrihloBlood Poison,
o-d after !"'.n: tr? iKl ti i threo physicians, was con
Dncd to p. . hod. i:>i! able to raUo my hand to my
heal, spitting u;i clots of blood, and reduced in
wchrht r-m 181 t-> 11*5 p-ir.d?. I then began tha
use >r s nfi's Specific, ami in less than three months
I wftj entirely w? !. w??| ? ,? d 100. and have never had
a symptom of t!i<: di*ua*t* since. If it had not been
for Swift's Spec'.?c 1 bciicva I would havo been iu
myfrave. JO J N V. BISHOP.
We hav? f r t ?' :r..'t *hs been preset ibi" {
Swi'l's Sji-'c::;.- i i i :?? ira-.tment of tiio disease* (? r
Which ItMrectUUtucudr l. R-ivu n t been disnp*
pol:it>s| luo-tii^i.? i:-i.i>.v. We. think, for all dis
ca- - it h rwoai neu . ?: i , mrt'. it stands without a
ie ?. a-i i tint i m i:i : c;il t'-'ifeMlon will sooner or
vr Im toruul lo '.*'?? . ? let!,; ? it, la tlie treatment ol
El? .1 Digests, a ti'" -.i t nan.
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j. v. ;: ?jJXNS?N, if. a.
Monroe. fSn.
& 1 f\ p f\ ?':! WA I? 7> t-?'l ho pstd t* ony
V * ? * ' c . v ;.i :!:?!, on analysis
"? " ' ??' ?-? -; , < : ? or mercury,
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Specific Remedies for
Woman's Woes.
BEAT FIELD'S FE HALS EEGULATOB
Is a res-alt of a skillful and scientific combination
P? that special class of medicines known to act spe?
cifically on tho womb and titrrjn? organs: and
is therefore a special remedy u,r nil diseases
pertaining to tho womb. It> great eflirarv in
?"?8 ol "uppresscd or painful menstruation,
the Whites, and Partial Prolapsus, stands un?
challenged. In these cases it affords Immediate
relief, and permanently restores the men.
Btmal function, and thus protects woman
iroma long train of disastrous consequent es. As
an unfa ling remedy to be used during that cntw*d
period known as "Change of Life," this in?
valuable preparation has no rival.
JPBICE.-Small size, 75c.; Large size, $1.50.
MOTHEE'S FEIEND,
quick and east child-birth. ?
This is an Inestimable boon to all child-bear?
ing women. When applied according to direction'
insures a safe, quick mid comparatively pain,
less delivery. Thousands oi women over the land
gratefully Ks; if/ to tho wonderful effects of thia
great remedy. It not only shortens labor und
lessons the intensity of pain, but, better than all,
thereby greatly diminishes the danger to life
of both mother and child. This great boon to
sii fieri ng woman is Holmes'Liniment, or Moth?
er's Friend.
Price, 81.50 per bottle. Sent by Express on
receipt of the price.
JWSold by all Druggls*.
These Remedies Prepared onlv bv
j. BRAOFmn.
No. 108 S. Pryor Street; . ?? i
Qii^^CliilM
Thousands of w?ao&focr the laud testi?
fy to the wonderful effects of this great rem?
edy; It will not only shorten labor and lessen
the Intensity of pain and suffering beyond
expression, but better than all, it thereby
greatly diminishes the danger to life of both
mother and child. This great boon to suf?
fering woman is IJoUntt" Liniment or
Moiter'i Friend. Prepared and sold bfJ.
BiUDntu), Atlanta. Ga. Sold by an
Draggiit?. Price $1.50 bottle. Sent
byExpress on receipt of price.
KING OF THE SINGERS.
HE above is the exact representation
the SEWING MACHINE we sell
FOR $20.00.
It is in every respect the very best of the
Singer Style of Machines, finished in the
best manner, with the latest improvements
for winding the bobbin, the most conven?
ient style of table, with extension leaf,
large drawers and beautiful Gothic cover.
IT STANDS, WITHOUT A RIVAL, S?
King of Singer Machines.
We do not ask you to pay for it until you see
what you are buying. We only wish to know
that you really want to buy a Machine id
are willing to pay $20 for
THE BEST IN THE MARKET.
Write to us, sending the name of voiir
nearest railroad station. We will send the
Machine and give instructions to allow you
to examine it before you pay for it.
WILLMARTH & CO..
729 Filbert St., Philadelphia, Pa.
March 1,1883 33 ly
E? USEFUL AnTICXEfl. -ft
Book, to all -who send two
So. Btoatpo for ooataco