The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, September 11, 1884, Image 4
THE ALLIGATOR HUNTERS.
Life Along the Florid? Riven lu tho Hot
Hummer Months.
GULF HAMMOCK, Fla., Aug. 12.-The
men who hunt alligators for their hides
and teeth sn now reaping their harvest.
The warm weather induces great numbers
of alligators to frequent the marshy
banks of the rivers, and the absence of
sportsmen during this season makes them
comparatively fearless. The most suc
cessful hunters hunt only in dark nights.
A few nights ago I had my slumbers
broken several times by thc discharge of
guns. On repairing to the banks of the
river the next morning to ascertain the
cause of the noises I found two young
men occupying a hastily constructed
palmetto fan camp. Six dead alligators
were lying around the camp, varying in
length from four to eight feet. The
hunters bad killed them the previous
night. One of the young men was busy
skinning the alligators, while the other
with the aid of a single cooking utensil,
which answered the purpose of baking
oven and coffee pot, was preparing a
frugal morning meal. The skin is re
moved from the belly, the under part of
tho jaws, and the inside of tho legs.
Tho skin on the back is worthless. As
soon as the skins are removed they are
salted and packed in barrels, which aro
shipped to a New York liny. Tho hun
ters receive fl a piece fur all hides four
feet long and upward.
After tho skins aro removed the hun
ters cut off the head, and place them on
the edge of tho river, where they remain
for about a week. At tho end of that
time Ibo teeth become so loso that they
can be readily pulled out with thc fingers.
Tho teeth from half a dozen large alliga
tors weigh about a pound and arc worth
?M.
The two young men killed fifty alliga
tors in tbe week that they hunted in this
neighborhood. They begin bunting as
soon as it becomes thoroughly dark.
Their hunting outfit consists of a bull's
eyo lantern, in camp language called
"look-'envup," n double-barrelled shot
gun, or "kitl'-em sure," and a hatchet,
with which they split tho alligator's
skull, and tc which they have given '.ho
very expressive name of "dynamite."
Thc man v:bo i? io do the shooting for
tho night fastens the l?utern to his fore
head, and takes his placo in the bow of
n small boat. His partner paddles tin
boat cautiously along tho stream, wbilo
the man in the bow keeps a sharp look
out for alligator's eyes, which under
favorable circumstances he can "shine"
with bis lantern at a distance of two
hundred yards. As soon as they discov
er a pair of eyes they paddle cautiously
up to within a couple of feet of tho
alligator's head and discharge a load of
bucashot into it. As soon as the shot
ie fired the paddler catches the alligator
by the jaws, which he holds together
with one band, whilo ho cleaves the
skull open with bis hatchet.
Sometimes the alligators retain consid
erable power of action. Wbcu such ia
Ibo caso, it is rather exciting work
getting them into tho boat. Sometimes
very targe alligators turn the boat over.
If au alligator is not handled nt once
after being wounded, ho sinks to the
bottom and is lost.
I asked one of the hunters, who has
killed moro than a thousand alligators,
what was the Bize of the largest one he
ever killed, and he told me 13} feet long.
Ho said that his father killed one on tho
St. Johu's River 17? feet long the head
of which when placed in a flour barrel
projected two in ch eu over the top. He
sold it to a museum for $05.
Opposed to tho Shoeing of Horses.
. ; 7A physician argues in the New York
Evening Pott against the shoeing of
liorae?. An animal of his own whicrr
was a constant source of trouble and ex
pense by falling lame was deprived of
his shoes, and, after being kept in a field
threo weeks, us*d on the road. , At first
ho picked his way along, but In a month
he went over everything better-than
when shod. He never was lame again,
and when the roads were icy he was pre
ferred to acy hores io the stable with
turoed'Up shoes, for he never slipped,
and they sometimes did. The writer
adds :
"I had him lu constant use for years,
when he died from old age. His hoofs
wore like lumps of black ebony, and
after the first three months, when the
hurtful effects of past shoeing were over*
come, they never, cracked nor broke and
always grew quite as fast as usage wore
them away. All that was done to them
was to pass a file uround the edge now
and then, to keop them round, aa we
[tare our rails. > A Ur. Ransom, of Eng.
and, who hies hundreds ol horses in all
kinds of work, never shoes any of them,
and in Brazil horses are never shod, al*
though used over mountain roads strewn
with sharp rocks. The doctor argues
that the soft elastic frog was intended to
receive the force of the blow wben the
hoof strikes the around, but the horse*
sh ocr cares it o ST, letting '.he blow come
upon the hard bony part, rendered still
harder by tbe ?roo plate nailed upon it.
From tbs resulting concussion upon the
bones, muscles and especially tho joints,
come most of the evils that effect the
feet of horses.. Io winter the shoe keeps
tho foot cold, and nails carry the cold up
to the vital part, which nature has tried
to protect with the hoof. Moreover tbe
doctor assorte that the t troke of the ham*
mer's blow' upon tho nails must bruise
the cur face a of the boucs at the joints
and render them abnormally sensitive.
And the point of the nail must have the
aame effect upon the soft vital part abo vo
it as if the hoof had been pared down to
lt.
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A Miraculous Edcnpo.
Little Nannie, the four-year-old daugh
ter of Mr. John Wat!,! 'iW?nV aboul ten
miles from Wianstoro, ou tiered ti y ory
narrow escape oh Monday, the 25lh uit.
In Mr. Watt's yard a well shout fifty-two
feet had been dug, and ort Che day of
this accident it was being walled. The
wall had been finished for twenty -fi vo
feet or moro aud the bands engaged in
the warb had stopped Work for dinner.
Mr. Watt's little girl was playing near
the opening, and walking backwards with
a toy fell down Into the wejl. The father
waa near by end heard tho' fail and as
sistance waa immediately procured and
one of the hands was let down into the
ftr?jrtf ; -The water tn -the wei) was fully
Tour feet deep, and the little girl was
found holding herself ont of the water
? hy resting her feet upon one side of the
wall and clinging with ber hands to the
other side. She was but slightly injured,
receiving only alight bruise* upon the
leg and side, when'it la remembered
that ?he bad a fall backwards of fifty-two
feet and that abe was forced to nasa two
.planks stretched across the well at the.
'top of tho walling,' and then into four
feet of water, and being only four years
of age, it yes unquestionably aweary gil*
moutons escape. Wo are glad thar no
aerioua and permanent injury remited:
from the fall.- Winntboro New* an? j
Ihr aid. r...
*? "I do not believe Jo ?his nonsense
about Friday being an ?olaejky-to.?<ffM
Minka,wbownsairifieoutofhumor. "ibe
lieve in itthoagb, Friday you will romein?,
ber was the day I was foolish enough tp.
ask you to marry me.? "Ab, yeV'JHf??.,
Minks' responded, "so it was, and ?'wee
mol fob enough to accept you. Yee, ftij
day {a an usrtocky day."
- Conc?ntralo all your ?nergies for
Iood, scatter all your bad decres asd
ife's harvest will fill your granary with
wealth. . .
CIiooslug a Husband
It is not, of course, every girl who
bas tba power of choosing a husband, in
tho sense of selecting and appropriating
tho one among her male acquaintances
who pleases her best. It is uot natural
that she should do this, and wheo nature
is not followed there is generally a dis
estrous ending. It is true that love
sometimes begets love ; but, on the other
hand, nothing is more likely to check it
than a too ready response in the early
stages. If a mao's love is genuine, if ho
is not deceiving himself in fancying he
has an affection which he doca not really
feel, he wants no encouragement beyond
the ordinary conduct which politeness
and good feeling dictate. If, without
any further encouragement, love dies
away, il is pretty certain that it had very
weuk roots. If a proposal comes before
a girl has allowed herxelf to believo that
little attentions offered to her had any
special menning-before she has permit
ted her feelings to shape themselves us
they might have done-no harm will
follow. It is unfair to expect that a girl
should bo ready to yield the moment tho
word is spoken, and yet bo ready to go
her own way, without any cause of com
plaint if tho word is not spoken. No
sensible man, no man whose affection is
worth retaining, is driven away by being
told hy the lady of his choice that ?ho
likos him, that she feels that in time sho
may come to love him, but that her heart
is not yet his. If he really loves her ho
v/ill como back again, and it is pretty
certain that ho will learn before a second
asking whether his affection is returned
or not. Hut a girl, if she cannot ulways
choose, can always refuse ; and generally
her difficulty is this-it is evident that
this mao is making love to me, I do not
love him, but I think I might do HO if I
choose; shall I choose or shall I forbear?
It is here that tho power of choice come
in ; and it is hero that the voice of pru
dence munt be heard, if it is to bo heard
at all. In such circumstances a girl will
act wisely if she gives coqsldflr'?bje
weight to the general opinion that is
held of the gentleman in question by his
professional brethren or his business ac
qunintnnces. Il is, iu short, not thc man
who is Agreeable among women, but he
who is well liked by his owu sex, who in
tho man to choose for a husband. There
are cerlaiu persons, however, of the op
posite sex who are almost aa g'/od judges
of a nian's disposition r.s those of his
own, and they arc H;B sisters. A girl
can always tell how a man stands with
his sisters: if they arc really fond of
him, she may be almost suro that ho will
mako a good husband. A mother, of
course always speaks well of her sou ; it
is not what she says of him, but his
behavior to her, that is to bo looked to.
And a lady may feel certain on this
point, that as a mau now treats his moth
er and sister, KO ho will treat her B?X
months alter marriage. All this may
neem very cold blooded, very far removed
from tho tender feeling which courtship
induces. Hut, after all, a girl has n
choice to make-a choice upon which
the happiness of her wholo lifo will de
pend ; and there is always a time wholh
er sho notices il or not, before she parts
with the control of her heart, nt which
sho ought to listen to her judgment.
Without better evidence than her own
feelings sho is very likely lo make a
mistako ; but if she tan assure herself
that her lover is a man wbo is respected
and liked by his malo friends, and is a
favorito at home, sho may be pretty sure
that in listening to his Inve she is choos
ing wisely.
It Made thc Engineer Cry.
"Yes, indeed, we bavo some .pmer in
cidents happen to us," ?aid the engineer.
"1 was running along ono afternoon pret
ty lively when I approached n lillie vil
lage where the track cuts through Abe
streets; I slacked up a little, but- was
still making good speed, when suddenly,
about twenty Tods -ahead- of rag; ? little
girl, not more than three years old, tod
t'hdon to the track. There was no way
to save her. It was impossible to stop
or even slack much in that distance, aa
my train was heavy and the grade de
scending. lu ten seconds it would have
been all over, and, after reversing and
applying tho brake, I shut my eyes. 1
didn't want to seo any more. As we
s????e? down my Kiernan st?ck hi;*, held
cit the cab window to sed what i'd
stopped for, when he laughed and shout
ed to me, 'Jim, look here!' I looked, and
there was, a great big Newfoundland dog [
holding that little girl in his mouth,
leisurely walbing toward the house where
she evidently belonged. Shs -waa kick
ing and crying, ro that I khiiw she.wasn't
burt, and the dog bad saved ber. My
firemhtx thought it funny and Sept on
laughing, but I cried. I just couldn't
help it. I have a little girl of my own
at home.'.'- Chicago, ilcrald._
A Lover's Fatal Joke.
Tho death at Cadiz, ' Ohio, of Miss
Alice McCiban disclosed a strange and
Bad affair. The girl, who was young, in
telligent aud a great favorite, but exceed
ingly nervous, died after an illness of
thirty-six hour?, during the whale of
which timo sho was unconscious, three
men being required to hold her at times.
Misa McCiban was engaged to a young
man named Naib, a resident of the
neighborhood, aid a highly esteemed
gentleman. Saturday evening he called'
on Miss McCiban and remained somo
time. When taking bisdoparture,ln jest,
he said to ber that ho had concluded to
sever their relations, and that there could
be nothing between them but friendship.
The girl was so affected that she went
Into spasms, which continued until her
death. Every effort was made to restore
har to consciousness, unavailingly.
Wash, who was frantic with grief, V.'C.'J
constantly in attendance, but his presence
had no effect apon the young ?ady. It
Is feared, tbat.he wjll bicorne insane,_m
Aqrold .MnOeaVuf Jjy^ha.Jiame of
Joues rode from Oak Qrove, fifteen miles
from here, to a neighborhood forty-five
miles Mouth of here on Wednesday, to
notify his duyghter that her mother, his
wife, was dangerously ill. He did not
ride: ci-wildracV rasaed boner nf tho
Pampas noftraeW??kriot?bdt'nWunt.
ing the hurricane deck of a two-year old
steer made the trip of sixty miles in aix
teca hours. ! ila started on his return
thia* terning before the sun waa up, bis.
ila^~- .<-r accompanying bim, riding a1
pony, while the old gentleman contented
himself wit>J ^family.bovino f/'J/
The party, arrived io Fort Worth at 7
o'clock laat night, and after some simple
refreshments and ? little rest proceeded
on their way, intending to make the reel
of the journey by midnight, thus accom
plishing 120 miks in forty-eight hours
on. steer-back, a feat novor boforo per
formed.- Fort Worth Gazette.
. - 8o you ?truck the maa, bee?uso??l?o
called you a liar? said the police judge.
..Teaj slr.? "From which lam to Infer
kbit yon were not a liar?" "Oh, no; I
waa a liar, and am yet. If I had not
been a liar I should have paid no Atten
tion to tho fellow's remnrk?. Truth is BO
scarce Juag?, that when I hear lt I can't
beep,da*n my. .?othtisint-m."-Arkantaxo
Wmh? ld?
?ere aro 2,0C0,000 acres of coffee
^JKlff't^pT^ "bicb 800,000,
000 tifeei."Bach tren averages ono pound
of co^ every year, ?od 1,000,000 hands
aro employed by tho ?ndut^ry.
Io all the ofTalrm of life the lifting
power of the lever dependa apon where
tho fulcrum is pl?ccd.
- Let him who regrets the lose of
time make proper uso of that which ls1
to come Ia the Altare. *U
Tho True Meaning or C. O. D.
A man who bad not been long in this
country was employed as a domestic in
a family, and upon one occasion bo was
sent to tho express oliice to obtain a
package. He was about to leavo with it
when the clerk called bis attention to
the three letter? C. O. D.
Pat had no idea a hat the letters meant,
bur. be cleverly guessed at them.
"It's all right," he said ; "the owld
man's good for the money."
"But you know what these letters say,
Pat?"
"Indade I do. Call On Dad. It's as
plain ns me nose on your face."
There is almost a pathetic truth in the
understanding conveyed in this old story.
Many a man is hounded to death by the
unreasonable calls made upon bim by
thc members of his firmly who nrc edu
cated up lo this very end by himself at
first in that fond, slavish spirit of indul
gence which the American father dis
plays towards his offspring, as if it was
some kind of an unthinking, mechanical
pet, and afterwards on tho unfailing
principle that they who sow the wind
will reap the whirlwind.
('all on dad.
Business is dull, notes must be met,
but appearances must be kept up. Mrs.
Shoddy is going to the seashore. "Our
girls" must go ; the money is to come
out of "Dad."
At first he refuses firmly, but os one
reason after another is brought to bear on
him Mice n batteriug ram of persuasion,
he gives way. New bonnets and dress?s
aro bought, a railway journey expenses
defrayed, und that is only the beginning.
Incidental expenses aro always the strnws
that hreuk ino putieut camel's back.
They accumulate in heaps, stacks, and
at lust risc to the dignity of a monument,
under which lies a pale, peaceful mun,
no longer pursued by tho legend :
"Cull oh \h?."-Detroit Fi ie Vre??.
The ll nucid Count rj man.
There ia u clothing dealer in Kearney
street, whose con fide noe in mankind has
received a" Revere shock. Yesterday an
honest-look i ng countryman walked into
his store und said :
"You remember that second hand
coat I bought hero for fivo dollars yester
day ?"
...'??ieyj-r dukes puck anything ven vunce
soil* nry^frentjt' said Hie sharp hand-roe
downer.
"Oh, that's all right, I just wanted to
<oy that I found this $20 bill sewed up iu
the lining. Pct haps the owner muy call
ror it."
"Of gorse he viH-rhe baa call already,
my tear freut," oxclaimed the dealer,
capturing the money. "You ish von
boniah man. Here, I gif yoi' ve dollar
uah a reward. Dot viii pe al ghi."
When the honest customer got around
the cortie? hn~m?rni?re3.Hoftly : "I guees
I'd .better tfiktf (Kia."fiVo'and skip before
thai fellow tumble.', to that counterfeit."
ZzQlU/STJOJa.. Fjrchamjc.
- In some respects u mouse is fur su
perior to a man. A mouse could make
i woman rustle around and climb on tho
table and squeul. while u man couldn't
make her budge an inch.
- Howell blb'mad*J?O,000 out of
walking matchless . | ?\
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TUTT'S
PILLS
~.~TPRP,D BOWELS,
DISORDERED LIVER,
and MALARIA.
From til cao aourooa ariso threofonrthB o<
tho Ulsooses of tbs human race. Those
symptoms Lndicato Choir axmtenco : Tx>ss of
Appetite, H?rrela costive, Sick Ilsad
aasWi ftuineaa arter eating, aversion to
c sorti op. or bo dr or mind, Eructation
.Xrf fOpdU *Jritoft||ijr-aC Samper, Xovr
?pirlta, A reeUnaj .nt bavins; neglected
aomedutr, Dtuluesa, Flnttarlnjg at trio
?.art,r>ota nalbra ano cree, blandy col
"T*TlOlt, and de
' that acts directly
.TJOdlotno TUTT'S
--?-?UM?. Tholr action on tho
Kldnoys and Skin ls also prompt; removing
all impurities through tneso til roo ** scay
engere cf the aystaro," produolng appe
tite, -v.md dlgostloBj rsgu?? ?tnnio. * ?\M*
alan and u vigorouo body. W?nPp
^i?^ r;? '?isa?a Or tfrij/iug i?rr ?utctiur?
with daily ?work and aro ap?rrese
ANTIPOTE TO MALARIA,
m: FEELS LIEE A.HEW HAIT.
"1 havo had Dyspcpohi,-with Conallpa
tlon.two years, and havo cried ten different
kinds of puis, and TEXT'S are the flrs?
that have done mo any gotta. They havo
cleaned mo ont nloofy. My-appetite ?3 i
splendid, food digesta readily, ?nd J'iiov
have natural passages. X.jtoZi Uk* a Kiev I
man." YV.jo. ?5WASr^^am\yta?0.
So^deyerrywhaT?l^c^-P'^':a|?**^grttT|^^^-^
TUTTS HAIR QYS?
G EAT IlAin on WnrsHEBa cli&ngcd In
stantly to a Glosar BLACK by a single ap.
plica tl OD. of thia UTE. cold hy Druggists,
or sent by express on receipt of Ol?
Offloo, 44 Murray Btroot, New York.
T0TT8 MANUAL OF USITBI RICItPTS f-Rfl
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TATE OP SOUTH CAROLINA,
ANDBRHON COUNTY.
Sy Thouin* 0- /.?Von. ifidge of JVoftsre.
WHEREAS, Win. J, Parker has ap
plied to mo to grant him lottern of Ad
mini: (.ration on the Pomonal EstatO of
Susan J. Parker, deceasod.
These aro therefore to cite and admon
ish all kindred mid crediton} o( tho said
Susan J. Parker, deceased, to bo and ap
pear bofore me in Court of Probato to bo
hold at Anderson Court House, on tho
18th day of September, 1884, after publica
don hereof to shew cause, 'if any they
aa ve, why tho s?ld administration should
not be granted. Given under my hand,
th IK 1st day of Setitember, 1884.
T. C. IilQON, J. P.
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So appeared K?lker Eva, and so may
sblno ker fair desce?? ?nt?, with the ex
e rel io of common sense, c ara and proper
treatment. An enormous number or fe
Btala romplainta are directly caused by
distalbtoce or suppression of tho Men
st r ur.'. Function, in ere ry such case that
?telling ami unfailing sp?cifie, BBAD
riBLD'a FanALK lUcuLAToa, wllleflsct
relief and eura.
It ta from the recipe of a moat dMln
Rutahcd physician. It ls composed of
strictly official ingredients, whose happy
combination baa never been surpassed.
It is prepared with sclcntifto skill from
the finest materials. It beare the palm
lor constancy of Strength, certainty oil
effect, elegance of preparation, beauty of
appearance and relative cheapness. Tho
testimony In Its favor la genuine, lt
never falls ?ben fairly tried.
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CariersTilie, Os.
Thia still certify that two members of
my Immediate family, after having suf
fered for many years from menstrual
Irregularity, and baring been treated
without benefit by various medical doo
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truly wonderful, and well may the rem
edy ba called "woican'a Best Friend.'
Yours Respectfully,
JAMES W. STSAXOB.
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Atlanta, r.a.
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FMSII TURNIP SEED.
IAK?RETH'8 Fresh Turnip Seed for
j ; : sale by A. B. TOWERS.
- A lady about to boil an egg for her
husband's breakfast, asked the loan of
his watch to time the boiling. "Your
watch bas stopped," she cried. "The
egg is ou and I can't tell how long it
ought to remain in the kettle." The
husband hastened to the stove and was
horror struck to find that the good wo
man had dropped his elegant gold watch
into the kettle, and was holding the egg ,
to her ear.
- ?Slander is no new thing in politics.
When Gen. Jackson was running for the
p-esidency tho foulest charges were made
against not only him but his wife als?.
The poor woman, who was a most excel
lent and virtuous lady, was driven to her
death by the tongue of Mander, dying of
grief and mortification juHt after her hus
Mod's election, and before his inaugura
tion.
TOWNSHIP ELECTIONS
ON SUBSCRIPTIONS TO THE
Saraonaii Yalley Railroau Go.
IN compliance with written applications
from a majority of thu Heal Jvitate Own
ers in the several Townships of Centreville,
Hroadaway, Hall, V?rennos, Havannah aiid
Corner, in Anderson County, and Iry Au
thority of an Act of thc General Assembly
in such caso made and provided, un ELEC
TION WI LI, HE HELD ON THE S.llli
DAY OF SEPTEMBER NEXT, hi the
itaid several Townships, to wit:
At Hunter's Spring in (.'entreville Town
ship,
At Neara Creek in Hroadaway Township.
At Millford's in Hall Township,
At Flat Hock In Vnrennes Township,
At George Stephenson's and Holland's
Store in Savannah Township,
At Dark Corner in Corner Township,
- For the purpose of determining the sub
scription by taxation of said several and
respectivo Townships, td wit :
For Centreville township.$2,700.00
For Rroadaway Township. 2,200.00
For Hall Township. 1,700.00
For Varennes Township,. 2,800.00
F'?r Havannah Township,. 1,000.00
For Corner Township,. 1,900.00
-To be paid the present year (1884), when
the State and County Taxes arc collected.
The following named persona are appointed
Manurers to conduct said Election, to wit :
At Hunter's Spring-Thoa. Henry Bur?
riss, John O'Neal and W. C. Cann.
At Neal's Creak-\V. A. Geer, J. N. Van
iliverand A. Evins Hrowne.
At Milford's- J. C. Hamlin, VY. K. Wai
tara and A I*. Wernock.
At Flat Rock-M. E. Thompson, Siunti
?I A. Whitakerand Webster M. P. Hall.
At Gcorgo Stop!" -ison's-Wm. Jones,
Dean Stephenson ana E. Scudday.
Ai Holland's Store-joseph Winters, J.
Hanks Wright aud Sam!. H. Earle.
At Dark Corner-('. C. Simpson, Robert
Sherard Ull'l Pringle Cook.
That said managers after being duly
tworn according to law, will open the polls
it 7 o'clock a. m. and close thc same ut U
/clock p. m.; and shall count the votes,
iud return thuin together with their state
ment and tally sheets, to the Chun ty Com*
missioners hy ll o'clock on the loth day of
icptomber next.
By order of thc Board.
ft. 8. BAILEY,
Chairman Hoard County Commissioners.
W. ll. FIIIKHSON, Clerk.
August 11, 1884 5 5
DELAYS ARE DANGEROUS.
A SI NO LE SPA UK may destroy your
il Dwelling in one hour. I can give
you ample security against loss by Fire, as
the combined Assets of the Companies I
ropret-cnt amount to $11,002,418. Call on
mc and Insure your Dwellings, Furniture,
Hams lind Merchandise. It will be too laic
when the fire start?.
A. H. TOWEHS,
Insurance Agent.
Anderson. S. C., March 27,1884 37
ESSHBBti as UNKFTTT, AUTICLEH,?
l> U yy^'^sttSBKsa
- R. II. Roddy, tho eccentric Irish
man of Greenville, who long before bis
death had purchased bis coffin and
shroud and monument and had made all
preparation for bis burial there, even to
paying for the grave, the employment of
a hearse, &c.. died at Cheraw, the other
day, where bis remains were interred.
- The Kanucks are not far behiud
their Yankee neighbors in ingenuity.
One of them baa invented a nev i..ethod
of fishing. Ile takes a flock ci' about
thirty geese to the water, and to the legs
of each one he ties a fishing line with
baited books attached. Then he says
"Shoo," and the geese swim out. As
soon as a goose gets a bile she becomes
frightened and rushes back to the shore,
and thc man gleefully takes thc fish off
the hook and sends her back.
BARGAIN COUNTER.
Ill AVK a lot of Women's Shoes, not
Hay State, that I will sell at 60c, 7f>c
and $1.00 per pair for cash, which is less
than cost. Also, a line of Hats at cost anil
less, to close out stock of Hats. I have
some Hat? on which I must have u miall
prolit. Give nie a call and see my bargains
for cash. A. H. TOWER?.
Juner?, 1884 47
HEADQUARTERS
FOR
BEEK, SODA WATER,
ICE, &C. &C.
Bi
KINO centrully located, aud with a
large Stock of Ooods, we can always satis
fy tho trade, and give our customers frosh
goods. We handle nothing but the finest
quality of BEER-Tivoli and Philadel
phia, in Patent Stopper Bottum. Also, Ex
port Beer.
Our MINERAL WATERS, in Siphon
Bottles, cannot be surpassed.
Also, SODA WATER, DINGER ALE,
in Patent Stoppers.
ICE, as good quality as any In the mar
ket. I'ricc- very ?ow. Jive u? a trial.
Full stock of all WINES and LIQUORS
on hand.
C. C. HABENICHT.
Columbia, 3. C.
August 21, 1884 G 3m
New Advertisements.
lilDDUIaUE CHLORALAND
ld Hr Hill E OPIUM HABITS
- ! \SITVSr CUBED. BOOK FBBB.
J. 0. HOFFMAN, JEFFERSON, nISCONflRT.
TNTENDING ADVERTISERS should ad
X dress
?UEO. P. ROWELL & CO ,
IO Spruce Mt., New York Ci|sr.
For SELECT LI8T0F 1,000 NEW8PAPEE8?
SHOES AND HOOTS.
IHAVE a full line of Bay State Shoes
and Boots. Warranted not to rip and
to have no wood or paste hoard. Also a
few Miles' Ladies' Shoes. All in want of
good Shoes and Boots will lind it to their
interest to call on
A. B. TOWERS.
Feb 14, 1884 31
&Kt fl If F .Send six cents for postage, and
UU I f L receITO (roe a costly box of gooda
Tn Bf f which will help all, nf either sex.
P UH U Cn fbi oto mor?; money right away thru
anything else in this world, fortunes nw?': the
workers absolutely sure. At once audre?* TBUK A
A Co., Augusta, Maine. :;:> - ly
?fcSi- Best Horse it Cattle Powders at
Orr A Sloan's.
THE HARD-WORKING MAN.
He was a hard-working man, and for a good :nany years he had been
working twice as hard as any man ought to work.
He said he had a splendid constitution, and that he could stand it.
I Ie forgot that as years passes on the waste of thc system is much
ereater than in youth, while the repair of it is less.
He became weak, debilitated, nervous, and despondent. I Ie regarded
the future with dread, and said he had worked himself into an untimely
graV Hut he was not taken to the cemetery at all. Instead of that, a good
friend brought him some Brown's Iron Bitters. V ,
He beean to pick up strength. That was what he wanted. . Brown s
Iron Bitters enriched his failing blood and put new life into him. ? It toned
up his digestive organs so that his food began to nourish him and do hun
trood. Most heartily does he recommend Brown's Iron Bitters. ia
PRICES GREATLY REDUCED!
I ll AVK ON HAND A LA MUK LOT OF
DRY GOODS, HATS AND SHOES,
That I propose to sell at greatly REDUCED i'KICES. :
The scarcity of money gives lt a greater value; therefore, I propose to give more
Gooda for one dollar than ever before. I also have a lot of the
CELEBRATED BALDWIN FEED CUTTERS,
TDK BEST MADE '.
That I will sell at BOTTOM PRICES.
jtgt- Come in and see me beforo buying elsewhere, and If I don't give you 5*o<ir
money's value, I will not ask you to buy.
J. PINK. REED.
June 5.1884_47 _
STONE MOUNTAIN, GA.
THE LITTLE GEORGIA BAR
Having secured thc SOLE RIGHT to sell the
Celebrated Stone Mountain Corn Whiskey,
DEFIES Competition by saying that it is by far tho PUREST and BEST Corn Whis
key mode in the world. Physicians prescribe it, wherever known, as tho best.
No usc in going to Drug Stores or other Bars to buy Pure Corn Whisker for Medicinal
purposes, or any other purpose, for there is not a single Drug Store or liar in tho Town
that keeps Stone Mountain Whiskey. Consequently, there is none so good as the
G<?b?iiae Hitit**) S?^iiinain Corn Whiskey. Remember, that the only
?.'.see yon can get Stone Mountain Corr. Whiskey ia ut thc LITTLE GEORGIA BAR.
If. M. BUTLER, Proprietor.
July 31, 1884 3 Gm
CLOTHING! CLOTHING I
PRICES OF CLOTHINS MARKED DOWN TO MAKE ROOM FOR OUR
NEW STOCK OF SPRING GOODS.
Now is the Time to Sccuro Bargains.
A FULL and CAREFULLY SELECTED Stock of SPUING CLOTHING to arrive.
J\. Also, GENTS' UNDERWEAR, SHIRTS, COLLARS, CUFFS, CRAVATS.
IN OUR TAILORING DEPARTMENT
Our Mr. J. B. CLARK is fully prepared to give entire satisfaction.
SPECIAL NOTICE
Is hereby given to all parties indebted to us to como forward and settle at once,
I .ct this notice be sufficient warning.
CLARK Sc CO.
JOHN W. DANIELS, Proprietor.
tah 'l\. 1SK4
Feb 21, 1884 32
i
DO NOT BE DISAPPOINTED !
WHEREAS, I have removed from the old stand of McGruth it Byrum to the low
er room, next lo th? Blacksmith Shop, on Depot Street, I
am now prppareil to furnish my friends and customers with the
PUREST AND HIGHEST PROOF L?HU?RS
Of any in the market. I ulso keep
Groceries of all Hinds, Cigars, Canned Goods, &c.
.G&~ I am agent, for the Thompson &, Gerber one and two-horde WAGONS, put
up at Walhalla, S. C.
jJErr- Those knowing themselves indebteti to McGrath & Byrum by Executions,
Notes or Accounts, also to McGrath, will make it to their interest to call and settle be
fore their naines ure published, ami Executions, Notes and Accounts are turned over to
tho8herifT for sale.
MCGRATH & BYRUM.
Oct 4, 1883 12 3m
TO THE
FARMERS OF ANDERSON COUNTY.
BEFORE buying MACHINERY it would be to vour interest to give me a call
and examine my stock of Machinery. I am still thc General Agent of the
GEISER MANUFACTURING COMPANY,
And always havo on hand a full supply of their Celebrated Machinery, consisting of
Peerless, Portable, Stationary aud Traction Steam Engines. Gei
ser Threshers ?nd Saw 91111s. Also, agent for ?^accix oe ?5 Soritfa
fern t?ad Ficnr Mills.
Gregg & Co.'s Celebrated Reapers, Mowers, Rakes, Sulky Plows, &c.
I also keep In Stock a full supply of
BRASS GOODS. HANCOCK IN8PIRAT0RS.
INJECTORS. EJECTORS. TALLOW CUP8,
GAUGE COCKS, GLOBE and CHECK VALVES
' PIPING and IRON FITTINGS.
In fact, EVERYTHING NEEDED in the Machin? business.
R. F. DIVVER,
" , " too. M Anderson Machine Works.
March 20,18W 36
NEW GOODS AND LOW PRICES.
-o
We have Just Received a Larne and well-selected Stock of
FALL AND WINTER GOODS,
vVhich we propose to sell at the VERY LOWEST PRI0E8
POSSIBLE. We have a full Stock of
DRY GOODS, BOOTS and SHOES,
HATS, CAPS, GROCERIES, &c. &c.
. .?al"? hi 6 * LAROE L0T 0F SADDLES, ranging in prices from $2.60
to $io.uu.
Parties In need of anything in our line will do well to call and examine our
?took before buying elsewhere.
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 owimr
us need not ask us to carry their Accounts over another year, as we are not able
and cannot do so. ... D
?- EAUME?t, Sc BRO.,
WAVERLY HOUSE BUILDING.
.12
Oct 4,1883
llgpp
Eljfliifi
fia?
f-. fri 3 ' -
vM* mill i * 2
"r (#
OLD Stylo and Improved*?!* ?
"ale by ? TJ. TO^^f.^
May 29, 1884 ^""^C,
c
KENTUCKY
ff I I TJ?_1 , _
ANE MILL, Excelsior Cider un.
Feed Cutters, for ?lo Jj ?W t*
TOWER?.
A. Bi
C. H. ORR,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
ANDERSON. S. C.
WILL practice in the Courts of rt.
Eighth Circuit, l'roiapt attentif
given to all business.
' OFFICE-Up-stairs, over National Bui
July 3, 1884 Jil C?"
ARCHITECT,
s.c,
ANDERSON, - -
tl AiS decided to drop the Building bas
ness, and devote his whole attention u
furnishing TLANS and SPECIFICATION
and Superintending the construction of
kinds of Privatcand Public Building?,
He will also order, on Bhort comrabsio^
l kinds of Building Material.
Correspondence solicited.
June 19, 1884
all
Ont o? tbe Jaws of
Thc gentleman who outlines his case belo* bi
man considerably advanced In life, and ls now
for his sterling Integrity. Ills PostotUceUYit?
Tille, Upson County, Qa. Tho following U
Mr. John Pearson's Statement:
In tho Spring of 1882 I was attacked with iTen
bad cough, which continued to grow woneuitl
fall, when I got so weak that I could not ?
about. I tried a great many kinds of medici-,
but continued to grow worse. I was notified th;
I had consumption and would probably dla DL
Holloway finally told mo to try Brewer's LariEj.
storer. They sent to Ward's Store and got ab ?ii,
and I commenced taking lt right away. Aftcr ln
Ing two or three doses, I began to improve, nfl
tho timo I bad used up ono bottle I wu aili to ri
on my feet again. I am now In excellently'1
I am confident that the Lung Restorer saved ?j
life and my neighbors are of tho samo oplnbi
It Is the best Lung Kemcdy over midelnmyoc?
ion. Dr. II. promised me that ho would vrluu
the monfacturera ond tell them of tts votuttnV
cure lt m ado in my case.
Statement or Mr. Ben], H. Hearadoi:
Early in November, 1881, while sewing; oa Ut
machine, my wife was taken with a severe palau
her side, which was soon followed fay hsinorrhspi
from her lunga and ? severo cough. Fever wa
menccd, sb? could neither eat or sleep, ted int
few weeks she was reduced to a living ikeletn.
The attending physician told me that he thoajtt
ono of her lungs was entirely gone. Bhe cooli L:?
retain the most delicate nourishment on her Her
ach. I then agreed with Dr. Sullivan, nyfialj
physician, to call Dr. Holloway In coninlttUN.
They made a final examination of tho patient iii
pronounced tho caso hopeless. Dr. Holloway Us
suggested the Brower'a Lung Beatorer aa abs
iosort. I scut for a bottlo ana gavo her a dose. I
found that aho could retain it on her stomach, ul
after about tho third doao. I began to notice tra
improvement In hor condition. I continuel tu
medicine regularly, and by tho time she htd Ula
two bottles, she wt* nblo to walk about the hom
She ia now In better health than aho baa enjeia
for several y cara. I believe the Lung Bester?
saved ber life. We bave a family of air cbiUra,
some of them grown."
Mr. Hcarndon'a Postofflco la Yatesvllle,tjpm
County, (ia. Ho is a thoroughly reliable tua U
every particular.
Lung Beatorer for sale by W?hlte & Wilkin
Druggists, Anderson, 8. C.
March 18, 1884-35-eow
Cheapest Lamps at Orr & Sloan's.
FIRE! FIRE? FIRE!
Windstorms I Tornadoes I Cyclone I
Faddltiou to Fire Insurance, I am soi
prepared to write ' Policies inratinj
your property against WUIDSTOKHP, Tot
NADO ES and CYCLONES at low rates and ia
first-class Companies. Cali and see me.
J. H. Voa HASSELN.
March 20,18S4_SC_ly_
?Sr- Choicest Extracta and Perfumes al
Orr ?fe Sloan's.
FOUTZ' S
HOR8E AND CATTLE POWOERJ
Ko IIOKSX win die or roue. rw* or l.r?? h
rn, If Fontz's rowden are used In lime.
Footz"? rowden will cm* nml prr vrnt lin? OmLM?
Fontt's Po?s-dei-s will pnvi lit t> O'? . Ut Futru
Fontrt rowden win tnrr?-.lt.' utmntlty of min
and cream twenty per rent- Mid .> :>??. Um hotter Ira
and sweet.
Fouta* rowden witt rnrr r?r rrrxriil .liinwl mn
DiorA*I- to which Monos nn l . nnl??re ?nMett, ..
FOUTT.'S FoWUICa WILL <UVK SATISFACTION.
Bold everrwhere.- .'. .
U A VI 13 F. FOUTE Proprietor,
BAz.TTUonz.mx
For sale, wholesale bod retail. by Vd*
iilte & Wilhite, Anderson, 8. C. '
Jan 3, 1884 25 ly
Wheat Bran, Corn, Flour,
jfOB sale by
Feb 14, 1884
A. B. TOWERS.
81
BEAUTIFY YOUR HOME.
Anew lot of WALL PAPER and ~*
dering, just received, by
A. B. TOWERS.
Nov 20.1883 20
SEND FOB PRICE LIST.
McElree's Jewelry Palace, 254 King
St,, Charleston, 8, C. Largest Stew*.
Lowest prices in the South. RepairlUr!
a specialty. 8end me your watches.
HATS !
AFEW ot that job lot of Hats y<* m*
sold, which, with my new stock, ?
offered low by "
A. B. TOWERS.
March 20, 1884 .80
Oem and Magnet Shirts!
MANUFACTURED for ve. Theta*
fitting and the best wearing fpW
No better in any market. . _,rta
A. B. TOWERS.
Sept 27, 1888 ll
TO THE PUBLIC
IHAVE more booda than I nerd.??}
being satisfied that the prices sndqow;
ity will compare favorably with suv Kg
city, I ask an inspection of my ?i(^JS?
you buy. - A. B. TOWERS
NOY 29,1883 20 J_
-~--I-.--;-!
xs*. Best Blood purifiers at Orr ftBJoM*
NEW GOODS.
I HAVE a full Une of Dry Goods^^
JL Hardware. N. O. Molasses, Gr?*?
Provisions, Crockery, Glmware, OWF*;
ftc., Ac 1 will not attempt to nsroesU w
goods In an advertisement, but wl?/**^
friends and customers to call .""^ii
before buying. I keep pood
as low price as the samo quality ?"
bought. GITO me a trial. ? T0Wf4fr
Feb 14,1888 ' 81 ^ ?
OLD BAKER RYE WHISKEY
BOIN" TCOsT S-A-XJOOHST.
EIUI1T YEARS OLD- guaranteed the finest Whiskey in the City. Turo and whole
some-for medicinal or other uses.
For sale ONLY bv
O'DONNELL & MCINTYRE,
Next door the Bank.
May 22, WM.
THE
E MANUFACTURING CO.
Having erected Machinery, unequalled in the up-country, for tho
Manufacture of
SASH, DOORS, BLINDS, MANTLES,
. Brackets, Balusters, Mouldings, Etc.,
-E earnestly call the attention oC contractors and all who contemplate building to
. our ability to furnish all such BUILDING MATERIAL., besides LUMBER,
dressed and undressed, al prices !o?-er than can bo obtained elsewhere. Give us a trial
and be convinced.
OSBORNE, McGUKIN & CO., Anderson, S. C.
Janl7, 1884 27 ly
Tho Twenty-Fourth Annual Statt meut of the
EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY
OF THE UNITED STATES.
HENRY B. HYDE, President.
For tho Year Ending December 31, 1883.
A:a ov ur or LEPOER A BARTH, JANUARY 1, 1883.$45,520,581 54
1N?OMB. i
Premiums. .$10,727,547 08
Interest. Rents and realised Net Profit on Investments and
on Bales of Real Estate. 2,743,023 72 13,470,571 68
Tho net rentals of the Society's buildings, giving no credit 60,000,15? 22
for the part occupied by the Society in itt biuinesi (which in the
case of tho New York building is about one-third tho entire
space in the building) yields, after deducting taxes aud all
expenses of maintenance, an income larger than can So re
alized on a Government Bond.
. DISBURSEMENTS.
Claima by Death and Matured Endowments. $3,410,014 07
Dividends. Surrender Values, and Annuities. 2,008,099 94
planted..Rndoj|^e||.^^rv^|...:....o. 143,455 76
TOTAL PAID POLIOY-HOLD?RS.....:?.$6,481.070 oo
Dividend on Capital.it.. 7,000 00
Commissions, Advertising, Postage and Exchange. 1,019,150 68
General Expenses. 973,610 08
BUte, County and City Taxes. 107,000 ll 8,567,903 49
Nrr CASU ASSETS, December 31,188?.. $50,432,24?? 73
ASSETS. .. . .
Bonds and Mortgages.s.......... $18,072,941 20
New York I??*l Rotate, including the Equitable Building
and purchases under foreclosure. 5,819,817 08
Hui ted 8tate Stocka, State Stocks, City Stocks, and Stocks
authorised by the laws of the State of New York. 15,841,915 12
Loans secured by Bonds and Stocks (Market Value $10,698,
052 00).-...... 8,199,000 00
Roal Estate outside the State of New Pork, including pur
chases under foreclosure and Society's Buildings In oth
er Cities, ...1....?... 3,027,515 60
Cash in Banks and Trust Companies, at interest. (A large
portion of thia amount wastn transit and has since beeri
invested,)....... 8,070.098 38
Commuted Commissions. 113,646 15
Due from Agents on account of premiums.... 278,617 14 50,432,240 78
Market value of Stocka and Bonds over coat......^ 765,653 53
Interest and Rents due and accrued...m..'.. 461,350 44
Premiums due and in process of collection (less premiums paid In ad
vance $25,349 00). 440,126 00
............. 936,203 00
Deferred P rem imus.
Total Amts Decembsr 31, llW.J.....'..
....850,030,531 70
TOTAL LIABILITIES, Including legal Reserve for reassurance of all exist- . .
lng policies (Four per cent. Standard).,.,.M....V..... j. 43.014.G12.44
Of which' the proportion contributed (as computed) by * . .,
PoUoleMin Tontine class, is...... 6,689,233 00
N?w Assurance written in 1883..........ii..........* 81,129,756 00
ToUbUutstanding Assurance.^.| 276,160.668 00
Increase of Premium Income. ....$1,806,178 88
Increase of Surplus.{.$1,461,082 32
. A^ff*mfrrr.girl.H^NPCIAV-M
flJBQ. T. G. WHITE, Southern Manager.
B. FRANK MAULMN, Agent, An^emn, ^ C.
Joly 24, ISM i 2 <M\ J .'.^ . J v 6 "
tm -J 'Jr?tt ? t ? 4-vi .*J .? *