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BETSY HAMILTON'S LETTER. Betsy Sick?Old Miss Green Again. Atlanta CbnslitUtunu HlLLABEE, TALLADEGA Co., ALA.-? Dear Cousin: I was bo upsot in my mine about Maw and flanted around so in the wind endnrin' of her spell that quick as she riz I was tuck down with the in'ard fever and sore thote, and mizry in my head, ' and what should Maw do unbeknownst to me but send atter ole Miss Green. She come a puffin' and a blowin' and her yaller brogan shoes a screakin' every step like a new side saddle and I thought my head would shorely bust. She weighs up'ards of two hundred, and shakes the house as she moves. Maw had stepped to the kitchen to fix a bite to eat. I axed Miss Green to set down, and she taken the wrong cheer and it fell thu' with her, and she hollered so loud you could have hearn her spang to old Miss Freshourses, and when she riz and scram? bled np she spilt all her yarb truck out'n her ridicule. She rammicked around thar pickin' of it up, and upsot another cheer, and knocked over the churn er milk a tnrnin by the fire, broke the jar all to flitters, and spilt all the milk Maw had been a savin' for a week. I axed her to set down and be seated on that ar three-legged stool. I knowed it was the onlyest thing in the house that would hold her bekase onr cheers was all a filtin' rickety. I had to yell to make er hear me; she had her years tied np with a homespun raj;; lowed she had tack cold endurin' of that snow and hadn't hearn good ont'n her left year tense. Onr yaller dog sot up sich a bark at her rid in' critter, and drug his block and kep sich a racket Maw she went out and fastened him up in the smoke'ouse, and he howled wasser'n ever, and the chick ins and geese let in to cacklin,' and the turkeys gobbled, and the gninoasj pot-racked, and I thought in my soul' my no' head would split wide open afore . she'd ever git back. I never seed sich a time in all my life. And to head it all Flurridy Tennysy come from the spring with a bucket of | water, and didn't more'n land in the j door tel down she fell, backet, water, gourd and all, and she fetched a yell, and ole Miss Green hollered, and here come Maw a runnin' to see what was the mat? ter, and when she seed her bran new' milk jar broke all to flatter ratters she fetched ajscream like the house was afire, and they all stood there and mirated jes like I never had no head. Maw she mighty quick wiped that greasy milk off n her clean scoured floor, and ole Miss Green drawed the stool up fore the fire and gin a grant and sot down. I was*| thankful she never tuck nairy n other cheer, for if she'd er fell agin I think I. should er died. She ontied her ridicule and-tuck out her old pocket-knife she cuts her terbacker with, and let in to cuttin5 np roots and yarbs to make me some tea. She had a power of one truck and another?white warnut bark, Samp? son's snake root, the devil's shoe-string, life everlastin', wild cherry bark, calamus root, and pine rosum and a sight more. I layed thar and. let her fix it, but I knowed nary drap of it wasn't a gwine down' my neck. She sot it a drawm' by the fire then turned in and filled her ole cob pipe, ran it in the ashes and sot in to smokin'; then she up and spit on the hath whar my bowl er chicken soup was a warmin'. I had been awful hongry, but that upsot me so I didn't keer if I never seed no more soup. I told Flnrridy to dash it out, I didn't want it. The ole 'oman lowed: "Do pray, don't fling out | nothin'that's to eat; fetch it here and . I'll drink it/' That was the feather that broke the cow's back. I layed thar and prayed to die if I had to go thu' with much more. She flung-back her head and drank it all down, and turned to Forridy and'lowed: "Git one of yonr| Pap's ole socks to tie round Betsy's neck; hit's the best thing in the world for the inflnanzy of the tunsils. I've had infor? mation in my thote 'fore now and tied ? a stockt a' on it the over night, and by j mornin' bit was well. I allers tie on one er me own, kase his'n is too fall of grit atter he plows all day. ? Now, gimme a cquple er yarn strings to tie round her wrists. Hit's the best thing in the world to keep up the vibration of the blood." Jis then ole Miss Freshours stept in with her month all stickin' full of snuff, barred the door wide open right, foment my head, and hollered like she was in a mill, "Why, what on the yeth ails Betsy?" Then ole Miss Green layed herself out to tell her what was the matter with me, and upon my word if all she said bad er been so, I'd er been dead 'fore night "I'll tell you, sister Fresh? ours," says she, puffing her pipe, "Betsy thar is monsterons bad off; she has got a implication of ailiments; you see she tack co'd in the tunsils of her thote and bit's flew to her head and fetched about all that information. You can see for. yourself how red her jaws is. Wal, that's all the occasion of in'ard fever that's flew to her face, and hit's all riz from the influanzy of the tunsils and allegory of her thote. and hit's fetched on the new ralligy and mineral jetus in the spine of her back, and hit's fast a workin' of its waw to'ards the immaterial fever; and if it should happen to turn into the old fashioned ty forward fever that's a raid in' now, why hit would kill her shore. I jis tole her Maw bit was a tarnaital bless in' she sont atter me in time." Then ole Miss Freshours spit out her snuff and lowed: "I tole 'email I knowed Betsy or some of 'em over here was gwine to be sick, for no longer'n night afore las' I dreamp of seein' Flurridy Tennysy marry, and I seed her as plain as I see my hand afore me." I was a gittin' sicker and Bicker every minute, and when she let in to tell about how sick ole man Wiggins was with the white swellin' and couidV t git nothin' to lay on his stomach for a week, and what ailed this'n and tbat'n and tother'n I reckin it wonld er i kilt me; but jes then Maw she stepped to the door and lowed: "Come in tother bouse, sister Green, you and sister Fresh? ours, and git a bite to eat; we'ers all so ailyfied to-day I never fixed much, but sich as it is it's clean, and you're welcome to it." And the minute they landed out I riz and buttoned the door, and jerked off Pap's old sock and them strings and flung on a piece of light'ood, and hustled into my dads in a hurry, skeered if I got any wusser she'd dost me to death, and I bad no notion of dyin' by her hands. I tole 'em all if they couldn't send atter the dock not to send atter nobody. '??'Tis sweet to love, but Oh! how bitter To love a gal and then not git her." That's the poetry Sam Dave Thompson writ me. Your'n, Betsy Hamilton. ? Religion is reproached with not being progressive; but it makes amends by being imperishable. ? "Good morning, children," said an Austin physician, as he met three or four little children on their way to school, "and how are you this morning?" "We darsn't tell you," replied the oldest of the crowd, a boy of eight. "Dare not tell me!" exclaimed the physician, "and why not ?" "Cause papa said that last year it cost him over fifty dollars to have you come in and ask how we were." ? A good joke is told on an enthusi? astic but not well posted temperance lodge in the Northwest. Having read in the papers that a tornado had destroy? ed the gin-house of Maj. Young, at West Point, Miss., the lodge passed congratu? latory resolutions and expressed.'the hope that the good Lord would send more of fluch storms. The members did not know the difference between a gin-house and gin-mill, and felt very much like crawl? ing into an auger hole when the mistake Was explained to them. Eating Poison in Court. Forty years ago, Col. John Arman, the famous criminal lawyer of Chicago, ate a poisoned biscuit before a Michigan jury, and by that act secured the acquit? tal of a woman charged with attempting the murder of her husband. From that time until now the story of the poisoned biscuit has been told throughout the Northwest many hundreds of times by lawyers and others, and it has seldom beeo told correctly. So far as is known the true version has never appeared in print. Since the incorrect story of the matter has received such wide circulation, a reliable narrative of the incident will doubtless prove readable to many. Somewhere between the years of 1840 and 1845 the wife of a farmer of Hills dale County, Mich., baked some biscuits one Sunday morning and then went to church, leaving her husband to take din? ner alone. As he sat down to his meal, however, a young farm laborer came to the house and joined him at his repast. Each ate of the newly baked biscuits, bnt quickly found them unpalatable and put them aside. Neither one had eaten more than half a biscuit. Both were soon taken violently ill and displayed strong symptoms of arsenical poisoning. The young man recovered from his sick? ness after some days of intense suffering, but the farmer lingered in a dying con? dition for more than a year, and finally expired. Sixteen years before this time the farmer had married his wife forfr her money. She brought him $3,000. He purchased a farm with this amount and in a few years he became quite forehand? ed. His greatest enjoyment, apparently, was to annoy his.wire in every conceiva? ble manner. His favorite amusement was to pull their little child out of r?ed iu the night and beat it cruelly." They finally concluded to obtain a divorce from each other. The farmer agreed to give hi9 wife a lien on his property for ?1,600 for the support of herself and child. The mortgage was made out and placed in a lawyer's hands to await the divorce. The wife, in consideration of the mortgage, signed a quit-claim deed to all her husband's property. On the. eve of the granting of the divorce the farmer secured the mortgage and de? stroyed it, intending to put the deed on record after the divorce was granted. His wife discovered the cheat and stopped the divorce proceedings. She then deliberately planned to kill her husband. She sought a reconciliation and went back to live with him. One day, she disguised in male attire, went to Hins dale and purchased a quantity of arsenic. This she mixed in a batch of biscuits and left them for her husband to eat. In a short time she was- arrested. By law the woman could not be tried for murder because her husband had lived more than a year after he was poisoned. She was indicted for poisoning and put on trial in Hillsdale. Mr. Van Ar man, then a young man with a law office in Marshall, Mich., defended her. A young French chemist from Detroit tes? tified against the accused. He was the only chemist that Detroit afforded, and he was a very incompetent one. This young man swore to the jury that he had analyzed Beveral of the biscuits which the prisoner had made for her husband's eating, and had found they contained arsenic. From this quantita? tive analysis he swore positively that the husband had swallowed less than a grain of arsenic. The chemist further swore that a grain of arsenic was a deadly dose, and that even less, might be fatal. There were no railroads in Michigan at that early day, and there was not another chemist nearer than Chicago. Mr.' Van Arman, who had studied chem? istry in his youth, and had even delivered lectures on the subject, plainly saw the Frenchman's testimony was woefully incorrect. Mr. Van Arman contended before the jury, that a grain of arsenic was only a medical dose and that the defendant's husband, therefore, must have become fatally ill through some other agency than poison in the biscuits. He could produce no expert testimony to substantiate his theory, because, no experts were within reach. Knowing that a grain of arsenic would not affect the human system, he caused a number of biscuits to be baked by a physician of the town, each of them containing a grain of the deadly substance. Fortu? nately for his client, there were none of the original biscuits to be had, and the jury could not murmur against the sub? stitution of new ones. Having proved by the physicians who made them that the biscuits were proper? ly poisoned, Mr. Van Arman, near the beginning of his closing argument, gracefully ate one of them before the jury and continued to address them. He remained in their sight for several hours, and took pains to show them that he swallowed no antidote. The grain of arsenic produced no ill effects on him. The prosecuting lawyer could not argue away the plain fact of the harmless, though poisoned biscuit which the jury had seen eaten. When the case was given to them they very promptly acquit? ted the prisoner. , The truth regarding the biscuits of which the farmer partook was, that they contained four or five times as much arsenic as the young chemist swore they did. The commonly accepted version of this famous story has always been that Mr*Van Arman ate one of the original poisoned biscuits just as he closed his final argument, and that, after making his bow to the jury, he hastened out of the court room and swallowed a vast quantity of emetics as soon as the door closed behind him. This incorrect story is said to be quite annoying to Mr. Van Arman, as it represents him resorting to a disgraceful trick to secure the acquittal of his client. The Heavenly Shepherd, ? Deep in the midnight that preceded the festival of Spring, at which the two iirst eons of the human race were to bring a thank-offering to the Creator, their mother saw in sleep a wondrous dream. The white roses, which her younger son had planted around his altar, were changed to blood-stained roses, and more fully blown, such as she had never before seen. She tried to pluck them, but they withered beneath her touch. Upon the altar, whereon milk alone was the principal offering, now lay a bleed? ing lamb. Voices of lamentation were heard around, and amid them one voice of despair, till at last all died away into tones of melody, such as she had never heard before. Aud a beautiful plain lay before her? more beautiful even than the Paradise of her youth, and upon it wandered, in the likeness of her son, a shepherd clad in white. The red roses were in his hair, and in his hand he held a harp, from which those tones of melody came forth. He turned affectionately towards her? began to approach?and vanished. With him vanished the dream. And as the mother awoke, she saw the day-dawn red and blood-like; and she went forth with a heavy heart to the fes? tival of the thankoffering. The brothers brought their offerings; ?and their parents returned homeward. But at evening their younger son c&me not back. Full of anxiety, the mother sought for him, and found only his scat? tered and mournful herd. He himself lay all bloody by the altar; the roses were stained with his blood, and the agonizing voice of Cain rang loud from a neighboring cavern. Senseless she sank upon the corpse of her sou, and a second time the vision appeared to her. The she- herd whom sho saw in that new paradise, was her son. The red roses were in his hair; sweet tones resounded from his harp; and he sweetly sang to her, "Look up? ward to the stars in heaven ; my weeping mother, look upward. Behold your glit tering chariot there; it bears us to other plains, to a more beauteous Paradise, than thou in Eden sawest; where the blood-stained rose of inaocer.ce more fully blooms, and sighs are changed to sounds of melody." The vision disappeared; and Eve arose with new strength from the pallid corpse of her son. And on the morrow, when she had bedewed him with her tears, and crowned him with the roses of i;he altar, his father and mother buried him by the altar of his God, in the light of a beau? teous daydawn. And oft at midnight sat they by his grave, and gazed toward heaven, upward to the high-moving chariot of stars, and sought their shep? herd there. ? Col. H. P. Hammett, the well known President of the Piedmont Man? ufacturing Company in Greenville, has been interviewed by the Neibb of that place as to the controversy between Mr. D. E. Converse, of the Clifton Mill, and Mr. W. H. Young, of the Eagle and Phoenix Mills. Col: Hammett thinks that Mr. Converse is substantially accu? rate, anr1 that if Mr. Young's figures are correct as to his mill it mu9t be because his is an exceptional case as to location, and more favorable circumstances and surroundings. So far as he knows and believes they do not apply to mills in other locations. Col. Hammett said that cotton was scarce and would continue to be so until the new crop comes in. The staple can be bought, but the figures are so high now that it does not pay to pur? chase. The Piedmont mill has a large supply ahead and will not stop running. ? A plain and unschooled man, who had received his education principally beneath the open sky, in the field, and the forest, and who find wielded the axe more than the pen, whilst speaking of children, remarked, with true and beau? tiful simplicity, "The little chips are nearest the heart." ? An editor got shaved in a barber shop lately, and offered the darkey a dime, which was refused} because, said he, "I 'understabd you is an. editor 1" "Well, what of that?" "We never charge editors nuffin 1" . "But such lib? erality will ruin you.", "Oh, nebber mind, we makes it up off the tfemmen /'' TUTT'S PILLS TORPID BOWELS, DISORDERED LIVER, _ and MALARIA. From those sources arise three-fourths Of the diseases of the human race. Thcso symptoms indicate their existence: Cm? of Appetite, Bowel? costive, Siek Hend achc, fullness after eating, aversion to exertion of body or mind, Ernctstlon of food, Irritability Of temper, tow spirits, A fcfcUng of having neglected some duty, Dizziness, Fluttering c t the Heart,Dots before the eyes, highly col ored Urine, COWSTIPATIOItJ, and de? mand the use of a remedy that acts directly on the Liver. As al^ver medicine TUTT'S PIULS have no equal. Their action on the Kidneys and Skin is also prompt; removing ajl impurities through tneBe three " icav engers of the system," producing appe? tite, sound digestion, regular stools, a a)ear Bkin and a vigorous body. TUTT'S PIIXS cause no nausea or griping ?or Interfere with daUy woricahd are a perfect ANTIDOTE TO MALARIA. HE FEELS ITJCE A NEW MAN. "I have had Dyspepsia, -with Constipa tlon.two years, and have tried ten different kinds of pills, and TUTT'S are the first that have done me any good. They have cleaned me out nicely. My appetite is splendid, food diReuts readily, and I :now have natural passages. I feel like a new man." W..D. EDWARDS, Palmyra, 0. SoldeTerywhere.QSc. Office, 44-MurraySt.,H.Y. Ill Ghat Hatr or Whiskers changed in? stantly to a Glosst Black by a single ap? plication of this Dye. Sold by Druggists, or sent by express oa receipt of 91. Office, 44 Murray Street, New York. TUTT'S MANUAL OF USEFUL RECEIPTS FftEE FIRE I FIRE ! FIRE! Windstorms 1 Tornadoes I Cyclones I IN addition to Fire Insurance, I am now prepared to write Policies insuring your property against Windstohms, Tor? nadoes and Cyclones at low rates and in first-class Companies. Call and see me. J. H. Von HASSELS. March 2G, 1884 30 ly CO ugs w III h Z < s 0) ? <d tg > O 3 113 2 ? Bj 2 < in bo o i-io a !?l 5 ?a iai ?a ~_" 'H ?Sa ?2= II -> ? 3 a -fj cjjaci ? a* cjcj 8 is* 35 ?a- V* -2 *|8 en uil gi lifi ^ m Z-Z. <d ** c_ u ? ? s 2*? PQ i ? ? S C * 8 53 8 ^ L>i? ? UJ (0 '3 el ? ? Principle is a passion for truth. ? A man that needs forty cents' worth of. whisky to give him an appetite for a fifteen-cent dinner always has the dys? pepsia. ? A gratified Scotch husband adver? tises with proud ostentation in the news? papers that bis wife has bad triplets, and is now the mother of seven months of matrimony. ? A maiden lady, not remarkable for either youth, beauty or goo"d temper, came for advice to Mr. Arnold, as to how she could get rid of a troublesome suitor. "Oh 1 marry him 1 marry him !" he ad? vised. "Nay, I would see him hanged first." "Nol madam ; marry him, as I said to you, and I'll assure you it .will not be long before he hangs himself." .,?"Fanny,.don't you think that Mr. Bold is a handsome man ?" "Ob ! no? I can't endure his looks. He is homely enough." "Well, he's fortunate, at all events, for an old aunt has just died and left him fifty thousand dollars." "In? deed I is it true? Well, now, since I come to recollect, there is a certain noble air about him, and he has a fine eye that can't be denied." ? A newspaper correspondent writes that there is not a chimney anywhere in Mexico, as far as he has seen, and their absence gives an odd aspect to the archi? tecture, like that of Arabian towns. No house has a fire-place or a stove, for it is never cold, but the kitchen is equipped with a sort of ungainly brick or stone range, ten or fifteen feet long, having holes for pots and kettles, and in which charcoal is burned. The fumes escape by the open doors and windows. Char? coal is almost the only fuel in Mexico, except in the Northern States. Pegged Shoes. APEW Men's and Women's Pegged Shoes for sale at cost for cash, to close out. A. B. TOWERS. Feb 14,1883_31_ "VTOTICE TO CREDITORS. J3i All persons having demands against the Estate of David R. Whitt, Sr., deceased, are hereby notified to present them, properly proven, to the undersigned within the time prescribed by law, and those in? debted to make payment. D. R. WHITT, Jr., Ex'r. May 1, 18S4_42_3_ i&?- Best Horse & Cattle Powders at Orr & Sloan's. E. W. LONG, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Anderson, S. C. PROMPT and careful attention will be given to all business entrusted to Iiis care. Office?Upstairs,in McCully build? ing, over Sharpe's Confectionery. April 3, 1881 38 3m J7~R. VANDIVEIf^ ATTORNEY AT LAW, ANDERSON, - - S. C. OFFICE?In the Bkoylf^ Building, up stairs, over Dr. Jobnstone's Store. Feb 21,1884_&_ Jf33^ Choicest Extracts and Perfumes at Orr& Sloan's. WIT is mm Tbc Most Select Pare Eye Whisky. Ask for It. It has No Superior. HAMLIN'S WIZARD OIL, With Song Books. ? ALSO, ? PILLS AND COUGH BALSAM, AT ~ SIMPSON, REiD & CO.'S. WAVERLY HOUSE CORNER. April 10, 1884 39 >>* 3 S. a a 0 2- o 5' ?? = C-l on 00-13" C* m < 2 ^ ssg - sis sb ? 3 " o ga"" 5 5' ? B ?so? 3 COB o O*3 ? ** S e 'i M 1 ^ c ^ZJ a w ; a K 1 S ,n ?. i? i n w r a < ? i I lp2 12 S te3 a ? ? _ 3- ? a co jjrt > g 2 s 8- tcq CO Quick Sales & Small Profits. DRY GOODS. JUST received a full line of Prints, Cash? meres, Alpacas, Flannels. A large assortment of Jeans, Virginia Cassimeres. Shirtings and Sheetings, A to 10-4 wide, Bed Ticking cheaper than ever before, &c, all to be sold at lowest prices, by A. B. TOWERS. Sept 27, 1883_11_ BLECKLEY, BROWN & FRETWELL Carry the Largest Stock of Goods in Anderson. BUYING them in LARGE QUANTITIES, thus obtaining SPE? CIAL PRICES, and often lower rates of freight. They always pay CASH DOWN for their Goods, thereby saving heavy discounts. These statements aie FACTS, and an inspection of their Goods and Prices will convince you that they sell as CHEAP, if not Cheaper, than any anybody else, and that they are prepared to meet all fair and legitimate competition in their business. Over thirteen thou? sand feet of floor space are required to carry on the immense busi? ness they do. They will furnish you the PieJmont and Pelzer Brown Shirtings and Drills in quantities at manufacturers' prices, and are Agents for Coats' Spool Cotton, Hazard Powder, Wando Fertilizer, Acid Phos? phate and German Kainit, Tennessee and Studebaker Wagons, Smith's New Patented Metal Grain Cradle?weighs only 0 pounds, has 14 fingers, saves all the grain, and is superior to any Cradle in the market. Stapler's Universal Single and Double Plow Stocks, in? vented by a Georgia Farmer. Call and see them at their Store. They have a lot of Dow Law Cotton Planters on hand for sale. EVERYBODY is cordially invited to visit their Store, look at their Goods and examine their prices before buying elsewhere. THEY NEED MONEY ALL THE TIM E to carry on their large business, and desire to say to those whom they have indulged so long that patience ceases to be a virtue, and they must come up und pay or give them good security; and all parties buying Goods, Supplies and Fertilizers on u credit from them this year, must distinctly un? derstand that they must have their pay for all early next Kali, and tell you ibis now, before buying, so us lo have it f.:IIy understood. BLECKLEY, BROWN & FRETWELL. Anderson, S. C . March 127. 1884. .7/ snail We 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 the way. "Let my child die? No I-No! As long as there is a remedy to be found ihat will save that child, the child shall not die I Pit spend my last dollar to save the child!" Well, try a bottle of Brown's Iron Bitters on that child. See the poor little fellow pick up strength. He revives. He will live. Hosts of other children have been brought alrribst from death to healthy life by Brown's Iron Bitters. Your druggist sells it. ? SPECIAL NOTICE. I HAVE just opened a Superb line of choice FRENCH CHINA, in Sets or by ?jhe single piece. Also, a line of Bisque and China Figures, Toys, Bohemian Glass, Bed Room Sets, in Decorated Ware, Indus, Grecian and French styles. Hand painted Fruit Plates, very handsome aud very reasonable in price?the largest stock to select from, and satisfaction guaranteed. I also offer a splendid line of SILVER PLATED WARE, suitable for Wed? ding and Holiday Presents, guaranteed Standard Silver Plate, as good as the mar? ket affords. I have a nice line of Imported BASKETS, WOOD and WILLOW WARE, and am always prepared to sell the best STOVES and TINWARE in the country. I buy all the Rags, Hides, Beeswax, Tallow, remnants of Seed Cotton and Lint Cotton, and pay tbe highest market prices in cash or barter. Call and see for yourself, aud you will be'pleased. Dec G, 1883 JTOIIIV E. PEOPLES. 21 A BEAUTIFUL PARLOR OR HANDSOME ROOM CAN only be bad with the aid of FINE FURNITURE, but either may be made comfortable by the outlay of a little money in good Furniture. . You will find any style, from the finest $300.00 .Suites! down to Suites that only cost $17.00. ?You will find EVERYTHING usually KEPI IH1 FIRST-CUSS fifiilll WAREHOUSE, And ihfi same Goods can be bought CHEATER of me than any other house in the State. SEEING IS BELIEVING, And all that I aak is that you jvill call, see my immense Stock oi Furniture and get my prices. Gr. E\ TOLLY. OctlO, 1882 . _14 _ DO NOT BE DISAPPOINTED! WHEREAS, I have removed from the old stand of McGrath & Byrum to the low? er room, next to the Blacksmith Shop, on Depot Street, I am now prepared to furnish my friends and customers with the? PUREST AND HIGHEST PROOF LIQUORS Of any in the market. I also keep Groceries of all Kinds, Cigars, Canned Goods, &c. fid- I am agent for the Thompson & Gerber one and two-horse WAGONS, put up at Walhalla, S. C. ^fer- Those knowing themselves indebted to McGrath & Byrum by Executions, Notes or Accounts, also to McGrath, will make it to their interest "to call and settle be? fore their names are published, and Executions, Notes and Accounts are turned over to the Sheriff for sale. Oct 4, 1883 McGRATH & BYRUM. 12 3m PLAYING A LONE HAND. -0 Having bought out the Firm of Reed & Moorhead, i propose to play a "Lone Hand," and Trump everything that passes with GOOD GOODS AT LOW PRICES. I have a large and well-selected Stock of DOMESTICS, JEMS, BOOTS AND SHOES, And a Full Line of other Goods That I propose to sell at VERY LOW PRICES for Cash. Call in and see me, and I treat you right. J. PINK. REED. Jan 17, 1881_ 27_ ? ' i.i.. 3 XO THE FARMERS OF ANDERSON COUNTY. B EFORE buying MACHINERY it would be to your interest tu give me a call and examine my stock of Machinery* I am still the General Agent of the . GEISER MANUFACTURING COMPANY, And always have on hand a full supply of their Celebrated Machinery, consisting of Peerless, Portable, Stationary and Traction Steam Engines, Gei? ser Threshers and Saw Mills. Also, agent for Queen oi the South Corn and Flour Mills. Gregg & Co.'s Celebrated Reapers, Mowers,.Rakes, Sulky Plows, &c. I also keep in Stock a full supply of? BRASS GOODS, HANCOCK INSPIRATORS. INJECTORS, ELECTORS, TALLOW CUPS, GAUGE COCKS, GLOBE and CHECK VALVES, PIPING and IRON FITTINGS, In fact, EVERYTHING NEEDED in the Machine business. R. F. DIVVER, Anderson Machine Works. March 20,1884 36 NEW GOODS AND LOW PRICES. -0 We have Just Received a Large and well-selected Stock of FALL AND WTINTER GOODS, Which we propose to sell at the VERY LOWEST PRICES POSSIBLE. We have a full Stock of DKY GOODS, BOOTS and SHOES, HATS, CAPS, GROCERIES, &c. &c. We also have a LARGE LOT OF SAUDLES, ranging in prices from $2.50 to $16.00. Parties in need of anything in our line will do well to call and examine our stock before buying elsewhere. Jjgj" Those indebted to us, either for Merchandise or Fertilizers, must come forward and settle at once, as we need the money and must have it. Parties owing us need not ask us to carry their Accounts over another year, as we are not able aDd cannot do so. 1ST. O. FARMER &l BRO., WAVERLY HOUSE BUILDING. Oct 4. 18S3 12 FOUTZ'S HORSE AND CATTLE POWDERS No IIohsf. will die of Our. rV't? or 1.CN0 F*> ter. If Kotitz'? PowiIpis art iwwl In rt-'ie. Foutz's Powder* will mm rniil prerrai IIooOiolhiia. Foiiw'h Powder* will prevent ti\rv.* i.v Fowia Fontz's Powders will Inrrea-e t! " quantity nf milk and cream twenty per tent., an I n afce the buttor f.rra and sweet. Fontx's Powders will wire ?r pifvent altnwl itvutT Diskask to which Dorfes and ? altlenre subject. FOVTZ'S PoWPKRS WIM, Ol VI SATISFACTION. Sold everywhere. DAVID F. FOUTZ. Proprietor. BALTIMORE, HD. For sale, wholesale and retail, by Wil hlte & Wilhite, Anderson, S. C. Jan 3, I'M 25 ly H Hats and Ciips. ATS and Caps, Trunks, Satchels and Valises. CROCKERY and GLASSWARE. A full line of Hardware, and Cutlery. -ALSO, A beautiful lino of Wall Papering, Border? ing, and Canvass. Buggy and hand Um? brellas, all for sale low by A. B. TOWERS. Sept 27, 1S83 11 Partnership Notice. WE. the undersigned, have this day en? tered into a partnership under the name of W. S. LIGON & Co., for the pur? pose of conducting a general merchandise business at the old stand of W. 8. Ligon, on the Southsidc of the Public Square. By close attention to the wants of our cus? tomers and fair dealing, we would solicit the patronage of the trading public. Our stock of GROCERIES is full up, and we will make it to the interest of all to price our goods before purchasing their supplies for the year. : , . . W. S. LIGON. R. S. LIGON. Jan. 1, 1884 Guano and Acid Phosphate. We are receiving a large lot of the old reliable Soluble Pacific Guano und Acid, and the Standard Edisilo Acid Phosphate, at! nf which we are prepared to sell at the loweat market prices. These are old established brands of Fer? tilizers, and no one can doubt the reliabili? ty of its analysis or the quality of the goods. W. S. LIGON & CO. BEAUTIFY YOUR HOME. Anew lot of WALL PAPER and Bor? dering, just received, by A. B. TOWERS. Nov 29,1883 20 SEND FOR PRICE LIST. McElree's Jewelry Palace, 251 King St., Charleston, S. C. Largest Stock. Lowest prices in the South. Repairing .? a specialty. Send me your watches. jr. vJ. IDO ID 3D lias a fine lot of Flooring, Ceiling, Weatherboard ing and Mouldings AT his New Planing Mill at Blue Ridge Yard. Also, a car load good Heart Pine Shingles for sale cheap. Parties on Railroad can nave oiders filled at short no? tice. Satisfaction guaranteed. March 20,1884 36 HATS ! AFEW ot that job lot of Hats yet un? sold, which, with my new stock, is offered low by A. B. TOWERS. March 20,1881 36 Gem and Magnet Shirts! MANUFACTURED for me. 'The best fitting and the liest wearing Shirts No better in any market. A. B. TOWERS. Sept 27, 1883 11 New Advertisements. NO NEW THING. STRONG'S SANATIVE PILLS Proved by sucoessful uie for half a century Best Liver Medicine in the World. No Griping. Potionous Drugs, but purely Vege? table, safe and reliable. Prescribed eren by Phy? sicians. A speedy cure for Liver Complaint, Reg? ulating the Bowels, Purifying the blood;Cleansing from Mala tat Taint. A perfect cure for Sick Headache, Constipation anii ali. Bilious Dis ordkrs Sold by Druggists. For pamphlets, etc., address C. K. HULL & CO., 18 Cedar St., N. Y. City. __._ To Infioduco our elegant SILKS, Oil 1/ SATINS and VELVETS we neml \ 11 R postpaid 50 beautiful pieces, bright ? -.11 colors, all different, and each con? taining 9 square inches for SI.00. For 30 ctH. (cash or stamps) 20 squares, or 20 small squares for 10 cts. We sell $2.00 woktii for IIf O n 1/ 81.80. Order for your friends and WUniV get n $1.00 lot for 30 cts. Embroid ??*???"? ery Silk, packago of 12 colors, JJOc. Iji porters' Silk Co., 145 Congress St., Boston, Mass. i havo i. |aV'Hlro rc:: ? f-rt! - mV.o dirca." : t ? n-o IhwiMndd vfea*o??d Hin V.? l kind nt.il .?! I ? i.-;i-.i!:)i','liavobe nenr-d. lud??? rtmns I* in; I- i In i; ie;.ie:i-v. 1 ?? i <? I ?? i"l TWO HOT) I.1: > Kl?J :. tngctncrwUh ? i ?:.?'?! I.KTI5BATISE on tlil? dlanare, tu any suif-:it. ? .>?? i ? ??-??-? mid p. 0. address. ii.t. T. a. .?Mli.f .M, 1S1 Pearl St., New Y?r!c EPILEPSY, FITS, FALLING FITS, CUBED, THIS IS NO HUMBUG. FOR INFORMA? TION, FREE OF CHARGE. WRITE TO L. II. SCHUYXER, Stratford, Conn. TO THE PUBLIC. IHAVE more Goods than I need, and being satisfied that the prices and qual? ity will compare favorably with any in the city, I ask an inspection of my stock before you buy. A. B. TOWERS. Nov 20. 1883 _ _JM_ liest Blood purifiers at Orr & Sloan's. NEW GOODS. IHAVE a full line of Dry Goods, Hats. Hardware, X. 0. Molasses, Groceries, Provisions, Crockery, Glassware, Carpets, Ac, Ac. I will not attempt to nameall my goods in an advertisement, but will ask my friends and customers to call and see me before buying. I keep good goods, and at as low price as the same quality can be bought. Give me a trial. A. B. TOWERS. Feb 14, 1883_31_ SHOES AND BOOTS. IHAVE a full line of Hay State Shoes and Roots. Warranted not to rip and to have no wood or paste hoard. Also a lew Miles' Ladies' Shoes. All in want of ?rood Shoes and Boots will lint! it to tlicir interest to call on A. 11. TOWERS. Feb 14, 1884 31 fi?r Messrs. Orr & Sloan have the eJclu b*o agencv for Anderson County for the famous WAG TAH. CIGARS?5 cents. Ill ! it s a iluisv. Out of i Jaws t Dsai The gentleman who outlines Iiis case below is a man considerably advanced in life, and is noted for his sterling integrity. His Postoflice is Vates ville, Vpson County, Ga. The following is Mr. John Pearson's Statement: In the Spring of 1S82 I was attacked with a very bad cough, which continued to grow worse until fall, when I got so weak that I could not get about I tried a great many kinds of medicine but continued to grow worse. I was notified that 1 had consumption and would probably die. Dr. HoIIoway finally told me to try Brewer's Lung Re? storer. J'hey sent to Ward's Store and got a bottle and I commenced,taking it right away. After tak? ing two or three doses, I began to improve, and by the lime I had used up one bottle I wa "ile to get mi my feet again. 1 am now in exceneut health. I am coofidcut that the Lung Restorer saved my life and my neighbors are of the same opinion. It is the best Lung Remedy ever made in my opin? ion. Dr. If. promised me that ho would -v'rite to the manfacturers and tell them of the wonderful cure it made in my case. Statement of Mr. Benj. H. Hearndon: Early In November, 1881, while sewing on the machine, my wife was taken with a severe pain in her side, which was soon followed by hemorrhages from her lungs and a severe cough. Fever com? menced, she could neither eat or sleep, and in a few weeks she was reduced to a living skeleton. The attending physician told me that he thought one of her lungs was entirely gone. She could not retain thu most delicate nourishment on her atom* ach. I then agreed with Dr. Sullivan, my family physician, to call Dr. HoIIoway in consultation. They made a final examination of the patient and pronounced the case hopeless. Dr. HoIIoway then suggested ihe Brewer's Lung Restorer as a last lesort. I sent for a bottle and gave her a dose. 1 found that she could retain iL ou her stomach, and after about the third dose, I began to notice some improvement in her condition. I continued tho medicine regularly, and by the time she had taken two bottles, sIk was able to walk about the house. She is now in better health than she has enjoyed for several years. I believe the Lung Restorer saved her life: We hare a family of six children, some of them grown." 51 r. Hearndon's Postoflice is Yatesvi)lc, Upson County, (ia. He is a thoroughly reliable man in every particular. Lung Restorer for sale by W?hlte & Wilhite, Druggists. Anderson, S. C Marth 13, i&84*35-cow SPRING Is the season in which bad or poisoned blood is most apt to show itself. Nature, at this juncture, needs something to assist it in throwing off the impurities which have collected by the sluggish circulation of Mood during the cold winter months. Swift's Specific is nature's great helper, as it is a purely vegetable alterative and tonic. Rev. L. B. Paine, Macon, Ga., writes": "We have been using Swift's Specific at the orphans' home as a remedy for blood com? plaints, and as .a general health tonic, and haye had remarkable results from its use on the children and employees of.the.instU union. It is such an excellent tonic, and keeps the blood so pure, that the system is less liable to disease. It has cured some of our children of Scrofula." W. H. Gilbert, druggist, Albany, Ga., writes: "Wo are selling large quantities ot Swift's Specific for a Spring alterative and general health tonic, and with the best re? sults. It is now largely used as a preven? tive and cure for Malaria. There are raauy remarkable evidences of its merit in this section." The Great Druu House of Chicago.? We do not hesitate to say that for a year past we have sold more of Swift's Specific (S. S. S.) than all other Blood Purifiers combined, and with, most astonishing re? sults. One gentleman who used a half dozen bottles says it did him more good than treatment which cost him $1,000. Another who has used it for a Scrofulous affection reports a permanent cure from its use. Van Suaack, Stevenson & Co. One gentleman who had been confined to his bed six weeks with Mercurial Rheuma? tism has been cured entirely, and speaks in the highest praise of S. S. S. Chiles & Berry, Chattanooga, Tenn. DOORS, SASHANB BLINDS ARE NOT MADE BY A. W. TODD, But he is agent for THE BEST and CHEAPEST TO BE HAD IN ANDERS^V. Call and see him on DEPOT STREET. Feb 7,1884_30_3m FRESH GARDEN SEED. LANDRETH'S and Ferry's fresh Gar? den Seeds for sale by A. B. TOWERS. Feb 14,1884 31 ml m Send six cents for postage, and ? L receive Jrce a costly box of goods I f which will help all, of either sex, LLito more money right away than anvthing else in this world. Fortunes await tho workers absolute! v sure. At once address True <fc & Co., Augusta, Maine. 30?ly i:?- If you don't wish to have a good Garden, be sure and don't get your Seed at Orr & Sloan's?their Seed will grow. AJREAL_REIKIEDY. NEITHER MYSTICAL NOR INDIAN BUT SCIEN? TIFIC AND SPECIFIC. a remedy of over twenty-five years Standing. a hemed y more popular at home, and where best known, than all other remedies of its kind. a remedy endorsed by the best Physicians and Druggists at its home. _ a remedy that Mr. C. W. O'Neill, Goodwater, ?Ala., says raised his wife from an Invalid's bed, and h e believes saved her life. a remedy of which a prominent Atlanta merchant said, "I would have given $500 as soon as I would a nickle for what two bottles of your medicine did for my daughter." a REMEDY in regard to which S. .T. Cassells, M. D., Druggist of Thomasvillc, Cm., says: "I can recall instances in which it awarded relief after all the usual remedies hadfni!<-d a REMEDY about which Dr. It. B. FerrcJI. Grange, Ga-, writes: "I have used tat :be lu.-i jo years the medicine you are putting lip and consider it the bot ? umbination ever gotten together for the diseased ior which it is rccomi a'r^EMEDY of which Dr. Joel Bmnhnm. A Han? ta, said: "Ihave examined the recipe, and have no hesitation in advising its use, and contidently recommend it." _ _ _ . a REMEDY which the Rev. H. B- Johnson, near Marietta. Ga., says he has useoWn his fam? ily with the "utmost satisfaction" and recom? mended It to three famillc- "who found it to bo just what it is recommended " a REMEDY of which Pemberto-', Ivcrson, A Denison say: "We have been selling it for many years, with constantly [n<-reasiiig sales. The ar? ticle is a staple with us, and one of o/w/u.V merit," a REMEDY of which Lamar, Rank in it l.amar pay: "We sold SO gross in four months, and never Bold it in anyplace bm what it wns wanted again." a REMEDY by which Dr. Baugh, of LnGrange, Ga., says: "I cured one of the must obstinate cases of Vicarious Menstruation that over came within my knowledge, with a few iMittles." a REMEDY of which l)r J. t; llus.-., Notustllga Ala., says: I am fully convinced t!m|. it is un? rivaled for that class of diseases which it claims to euro." a REMEDY about which Maj. John C. Whitncr, or Atlanta, well and favorably known all over tho United suitesas atiencral [nsuntn ?>? \- -nt, says: "I used this remedy before the wur ?? i a large plaiUntion mi a great number ui cues, ai'.&VI* With ildc 'UCJXttS." A REMEDY out . hielt Mr. J. V. f rmget. of fartersvllte, Ga., certifies that one ? ? :red t.. : '.embers of bis family of mea-.i:.... i.i^u t-.ri: y of many years standing. A REMEDY tin ;<i IIEAI'EK Tit AH A N Y OTHER Mhi.i-iNKufiu Ltuil Li tho world, in'.n se l ots '2 iOTTLES WU.LCUK2T2B.-m . " .; IS ATE THIS <;UEAT POPULAR Kl ?V ..- ltltAI'FIBt.n'S FemaleRKrjUi.AToi^(\Vun::i;i l ??*<.'' r-r ssk by all Druggists. Price:.. ??-?>? Large fize ?;!..ri<i. Sole Proprietor and Mann' J. IL. . No. 10as. Pn'orStrc ?? * ? m - ? t^tt *n T Will positively enre TV? X \JJh S Flhh I HEMOEEHMDS, OIKTKEMT )^$Ji^f* : 'Mb antioving trouble it has been in popular use - in ny years, and Is very favorably known as a iiCIFTC CURB. It is also the very best remc' ? aown for SORE NIPPLES, Felons, Cohns. -> Son es. Scau> Read, Tetter, Ulcers and :iidrcd diseases. From Montgomery, Ala,, a gentleman writes: " 1 -'1 been sorely afflicted with Piles for Un iji-ars, and talaed immediate relief and a permanent cure by ing Prvor'a Ointment." A gentleman writes from Ca ?sota, Ala.: " I used rvor's Ointment in an aggravated case of Piles of . ig.'.t gears standing, and in an incredibly short time it made a ctmoIi te cure." Sent by mail on receipt of the price?50c. a box. Sold by Druggists and Dealers everywhere. Prepared only by the sole Proprietor, J. BRADFIELD, 108 S. Prvor St.. Atj-anta. fi*. 11 auk, to nit nbo tend two 13c. nUunpa for postage and I packing;- Mention tbltponrr, " i RIDEOUT & CO.) NEW TURK) IBB 3c. nl Irr?